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Gruenhagen, Lisa M.; Whitcomb, Rachel – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2014
Despite historic and ongoing support for the inclusion of improvisation in the elementary general music curriculum, music educators consistently report challenges with implementation of improvisational activities in their classes. This study was designed to examine (a) the extent to which improvisational activities were occurring in the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, Creative Activities, Questionnaires
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Kelly-McHale, Jacqueline – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative collective case study was to examine the ways an elementary general music teacher's curricular beliefs and practices influence the expression of "music in identity" and "identity in music" for second-generation students. In addition to the music teacher, participants were 4 students whose…
Descriptors: Music Education, Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Music Teachers
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Gromko, Joyce Eastlund; Hansen, Dee; Tortora, Anne Halloran; Higgins, Daniel; Boccia, Eric – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine whether children's recall of tones, numbers, and words was supported by a common temporal sequencing mechanism; whether children's patterns of memory for tones, numbers, and nonsense words were the same despite differences in symbol systems; and whether children's recall of tones, numbers, and nonsense…
Descriptors: Children, Short Term Memory, Recall (Psychology), Acoustics