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Peer reviewedShehan, Patricia K. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1987
Reports a study which examined the effects of audio and visual approaches to rhythm reading and short-term retention in second and sixth grade students. Sixth graders learned the patterns twice as fast as younger children. Simultaneous use of both auditory and visual channels facilitates learning. (Author/AEM)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Grade 2, Grade 6, Memory
Peer reviewedKendall, Michael J. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1988
Investigates whether introduction of music reading activities during beginning instrumental music instruction impedes student's development of aural musicianship and instrumental performance skills because of the division of attention between aural and visual activities. Concludes that music reading activities do not adversely affect the…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Elementary Education, Kinesthetic Methods, Learning Modalities
Peer reviewedRogers, George L. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1996
Reports on an experiment where 64 elementary school students participated in reading, clapping, and vocalizing rhythms notated in color. Results after a 23-week treatment period revealed that the experimental group scored slightly higher reading both colored and uncolored notation than a control group. (MJP)
Descriptors: Color, Educational Research, Grade 1, Grade 2
