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Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Enrollment in Instrumental Music Education Courses. Research Brief
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David S. Miller; Stephanie Prichard; Bri’Ann Wright – Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center, 2025
Concerns over how missed instructional time may impact academic achievement can prevent students from enrolling in elementary band or orchestra, but there is little research examining relationships between academic achievement and pull-out instrumental music courses. This brief presents a descriptive analysis of the short- and long-term academic…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 5
Who Takes Music with Them When They Transition to High School?
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Tucker, Tevis L.; Winsler, Adam – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2023
According to music educators, persistence beyond a student's initial enrollment in middle and high school music is a problem; however, there has been little research to substantiate this claim. Although several recent large-scale, longitudinal studies of initial selection into music classes have been conducted, longitudinal studies on who…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 9, Middle School Students, High School Students
Self-Efficacy, Self-Evaluation, and Music Performance of Secondary-Level Band Students
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Hewitt, Michael P. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2015
In the present study, relationships between two components of self-regulation (self-efficacy and self-evaluation) and gender, school level, instrument family, and music performance were examined. Participants were 340 middle and high school band students who participated in one of two summer music camps or who were members of a private middle…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Gender Differences, Age Differences
Fearless Improvisation: A Pilot Study to Analyze String Students' Confidence, Anxiety, and Attitude toward Learning Improvisation
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Alexander, Michael L. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the confidence, anxiety, and attitude of novice string student improvisers. A form of the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales, as modified for improvisation by Wehr-Flowers, was given to middle school and high school string students (N = 121) after their participation in a 4-month improvisation…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Anxiety, Novices, Gender Differences
Factors Affecting Literacy Achievement of Eighth Grade Middle School Instrumental Music Students
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Kurt, Johnny T. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this pretest-posttest comparative efficacy study was to analyze factors affecting literacy achievement of eighth grade middle school instrumental music students (n = 38) including (a) socioeconomic status (SES), (b) gender, (c) grade point average (GPA), (d) music motivation, (e) music involvement, and (f) instrument section. The…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Literacy, Academic Achievement
Selected Nonmusic Predictors of Urban Students' Decisions to Enroll and Persist in Middle School Band Programs
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Kinney, Daryl W. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to fit theoretical models of prediction to students' decisions to enroll and persist in urban middle school band programs using independent variables of academic achievement, socioeconomic status (SES), family structure, mobility, ethnicity, and gender. Two models were fitted to the data using logistic regression…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, Musical Instruments, Music Education