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Can Music Support Calculation Skills? A Pilot Study Using Electrophysiological Measures
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Korkmaz, Nurdan; Temur, Özlem Dogan – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2022
The purpose of this study is to electrophysiologically assess the effect of an individualized education program supported with musical activities on the success of primary school students with computational difficulties. A mixed-methods design consisting of qualitative and quantitative methods was employed as the research model. The research group…
Descriptors: Music, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Addition
Developing Singing in Third-Grade Music Classrooms: The Effect of a Concurrent-Feedback Computer Game on Pitch-Matching Skills
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Paney, Andrew S.; Kay, Ann C. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of concurrent visual feedback on pitch-matching skill development in third-grade students. Participants played a computer game, "SingingCoach," which scored the accuracy of their singing of the song "America." They followed the contour of the melody on the screen as the…
Descriptors: Singing, Music Education, Feedback (Response), Computer Games
The Effects of Technology on the Sight-Reading Achievement of Beginning Choir Students
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Petty, Colleen; Henry, Michele L. – Texas Music Education Research, 2014
The ultimate goal for many choral directors is to develop independent musicians within the ensemble. The ability to sing a series of pitches and rhythms at first sight is widely understood to be a fundamental building block of independent musicianship. Yet sight-reading is not simply a holistic skill. There are separate components of…
Descriptors: Singing, Music Education, Acoustics, Music Reading
"Do I Have to Leave?" Beyond Linear Text: Struggling Readers' Motivation with an Innovative Musical Program
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Bennett, Susan V.; Calderone, Cynthia; Dedrick, Robert F.; Gunn, AnnMarie Alberton – Reading Improvement, 2015
In this mixed method research, we examined the effects of reading and singing software program (RSSP) as a reading intervention on struggling readers' reading achievement as measured by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, the high stakes state test administered in the state of Florida, at one elementary school. Our team defined struggling…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Motivation, Reading Difficulties, Singing
Audacity in Vocal Improvisation: Motivating Elementary School Students through Technology
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Sichivitsa, Veronica – Teaching Music, 2007
Every day, music teachers face the challenge of motivating less-confident student singers in general music classes. Teaching vocal improvisation can be a difficult task, because students are often self-conscious about their voices and too intimidated to sing in front of their peers. Technology can be an excellent motivational tool in the classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary School Students, Creative Activities, Music Teachers
The Effects of a Remedial Singing Method on the Vocal Pitch Accuracy of Inaccurate Elementary Singers
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Miyamoto, Karen A. – Research and Issues in Music Education, 2005
A pretest-posttest experimental design was utilized to determine the efficacy of the Yuba Method on inaccurate elementary singers. Testing of pitch accuracy was analyzed using the Sona-Speech Model 3600 software program. Inaccurate singers (N=168) from a population of 320 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students, were divided into three subgroups…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Singing, Outcomes of Treatment, Experimental Groups