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An Argument for Engagement as a Fundamental Construct for Understanding Mathematics Learning
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James A. Middleton – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
An extended (and probably unnecessary) parallel is drawn between engagement in mathematics and engagement in musical performance. Key facets of engagement are described and a model of how mathematics engagement plays out in task-level activities is discussed in light of new findings related to its social and emotional facets. Implications for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Learning Processes, Music, Learner Engagement
Knee Flexion of Saxophone Players Anticipates Tonal Context of Music
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Nádia Moura; Marc Vidal; Ana M. Aguilera; João Paulo Vilas-Boas; Sofia Serra; Marc Leman – npj Science of Learning, 2023
Music performance requires high levels of motor control. Professional musicians use body movements not only to accomplish and help technical efficiency, but to shape expressive interpretation. Here, we recorded motion and audio data of twenty participants performing four musical fragments varying in the degree of technical difficulty to analyze…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Musical Instruments, Motion
Retuning Music Teaching: Online Music Tutorials Preferences as Predictors of Amateur Musicians' Music Self-Efficacy in Informal Music Learning
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Vaizman, Tal; Harpaz, Gal – Research Studies in Music Education, 2023
Music self-efficacy has been acknowledged as a strong predictor of successful performance among musicians and music students, but is less researched among amateur musicians. The purpose of this study is to examine the connection between music self-efficacy and learning and playing habits of amateur musicians who had preferences for online music…
Descriptors: Musicians, Music Education, Self Esteem, Self Efficacy
A Survey to Investigate Advanced Musicians' Flow Disposition in Individual Music Practice
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Araújo, Marcos V.; Hein, Christopher F. – International Journal of Music Education, 2019
This study explored advanced musicians' dispositions to flow in musical practice. A total of 168 classically trained musicians answered a questionnaire assessing their proneness for flow experience during musical practice and associations between flow and demographic factors, practice routines and musical instruments. Dispositions to flow in…
Descriptors: Music, Musicians, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Parental Support in the Development of Young Musicians: A Teacher's Perspective from a Small-Scale Study of Piano Students and Their Parents
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Margiotta, Mimia – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2011
This article focuses on the influence of parental support and interactions on the young musicians' learning processes. In an attempt to corroborate the findings of the wider research, a case-study has been carried out comprising observations of 34 parents and 34 piano students taught by the author in three different locations (private studio,…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Student Attitudes, Musicians, Learning Processes
The Socio-Cultural and Learning Experiences of Music Students in a British University
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Dibben, Nicola – British Journal of Music Education, 2006
Research into student experience in Higher Education has largely focused on students' role as learners. However, the student experience encompasses a much wider range of behaviours and beliefs than can be captured through a focus on teaching and learning alone. I report the findings of a research project which explored student experience in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Middle Class, Social Class