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The Effects Of Various Kinds Of Background Music On The I.Q. Scores Of Ninth-Grade Students, L.C. Bud Johnston
The Effects Of Various Kinds Of Background Music On The I.Q. Scores Of Ninth-Grade Students, L.C. Bud Johnston
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
One hundred 9th-grade students were divided into four groups of 25 each through systematic sampling procedures. Each of the groups were tested, pre and post, by the Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test, forms J and K. During the pretest for all groups, the background condition of silence was observed. During the posttest, one group was again tested in silence. The other three groups were each tested to one of three background conditions: pop music, hard rock music, and soft rock music. Pop music played was characterized as more mellow, more melodic, and less intense than rock music. Hard rock …
The Application Of Self-Instruction To Elementary School Music, Jane Austin
The Application Of Self-Instruction To Elementary School Music, Jane Austin
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of self-instruction on achievement in elementary school music at the fourth grade level. In order to study this effect, the investigator will seek answers to the following questions:
- Which methods of self-instruction are most applicable to children at the fourth grade level?
- What concepts are basic to the understanding of music?
- What studies have been concluded to define the range of conceptual developments among fourth graders?
- What materials and activities are most effective in achieving the desired results based on the above considerations?
- Is I.Q. a significant factor in musical …
Analysis Of Public School Music Curricula Of The State Teachers Colleges In The United States, Louise Jackson Funk
Analysis Of Public School Music Curricula Of The State Teachers Colleges In The United States, Louise Jackson Funk
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
There is very little literature pertaining to the Public School Music curriculas of the state teachers colleges in the United States.
Various questions, however, have arisen in each institution relative to the required music courses and to the number of hours that should be required of a public school music major. Music teachers disagree as to the text to be used in music courses. Of all the various public school music texts available it is difficult to find any one text that is most worthy of recognition as there seem to be many of equal value. Not only is there …