Presented at the International Seminar on Experimental Research in Music Education (Reading, England, 1968). For fuller reports of this research, see "Journal of Research in Music Education, Volume 16 (Fall 1968 & Winter 1968).

The study investigated the listening ability of 13 visually impaired college students. Ss were pretested on a listening skills test and then exposed to each of three modes of speech presentation (normal speech, accelerated speech, and compressed speech) in a counterbalance order. It was postulated that a differential effect in performance would…

Thirteen hyperactive and 13 control preschoolers participated in an examination of language and activity during listening tasks. Ss were administered three forms of the referential communication task. Their activity was recorded by a motion recorder strapped to the Ss' nondominant wrist and by observation. Transcriptions of the Ss' verbalizations…

Two experiments involving 44 normal hearing and 26 hearing impaired children (7 to 12 years old) investigated children's use of sentence context to identify words in sentences that are not clearly intelligible. In Experiment 1, Ss read incomplete sentences and chose which of two word pictures best completed the sentence. From these responses, 12…

THE LEARN-BY-DOING METHOD WAS USED IN THE "LEXICOGRAPHERS FOR A WEEK" PROJECT OF TWO EIGHTH-GRADE CLASSES AT MARANA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN ARIZONA. EACH STUDENT LISTED 10 SLANG WORDS HE AND HIS FRIENDS COMMONLY USED. FROM THIS THE TEACHER MADE A MASTER LIST. THE STUDENTS WERE THEN ASKED TO LISTEN FOR THESE WORDS FOR A WHOLE WEEK AND TO…

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of messages composed of statements of fact on the acceptance of propositions of fact and policy and, on the basis of findings, to develop a scientific theory of message content. Subjects listened and responded to messages on three topics which contained either one, two, or three units of…

While the news is considered a vitally important aspect of most radio stations' formats, broadcasters need to determine what a listener wants from the news-listening experience and how a station can program news in the form most desirable for the listener. This study, based on a Lawrence, Kansas, telephone survey of radio listeners, found that…

Author dealt with two aspects of movement in music--rhythm and pitch--and described means of developing sensitivity to each. He did not simply theorize about sensitivity; he pinpointed specific techniques for bringing it about. (Editor/RK)

Examines the relationship of radio programming sound format to the size of the audience in the major market area of Philadelphia. (MH)

Meant to be attention-getters, the activities work on two principles: that children need an immediate and personal purpose in order to pay attention; and that listening should be an involving activity, that is, a child needs to listen in order to do something with what is heard. (Author/NQ)

This study concluded that normal reading comprehension, at least at the literal level in mature readers, was shown to be a more precise form of language processing than listening to spontaneous speech. (HOD)

The differential effects of normal and emphatic stress on the auditory comprehension performance of nine aphasic and five normal adults were assessed. The aphasic subjects demonstrated significantly better performance for stimuli presented with emphatic stress. (Author/DB)