The present study aims to contribute to the understanding of the effects of music education, in particular music composition as a classroom activity for fifth- and sixth-graders. The intervention (experimental condition) focused on a three-step-model for music composition, based on the Cultural Historical Activity Theory of education, and has been…

Many current approaches to composing with technology require teachers to spend considerable time showing students how to use the software and hardware. Technologies described in many resources are often costly or require complex procedures to adapt for the classroom. In addition, the majority of approaches to teaching music with technology, center…