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Explicit versus Performative Assessments in Music Pedagogical Interactions
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Ivaldi, Antonia – British Journal of Music Education, 2019
Research on teachers' assessments of students' playing within music lessons has mainly focused on verbal (spoken) evaluations of their learning. However, closer exploration of these interactions shows that embodied assessments, that is, those that also include non-verbal, multi-modal features as part of the interaction, are found to be…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Interaction, Performance Tests
Performance Assessment: Lessons from Performers
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Parkes, Kelly A. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2010
The performing arts studio is a highly complex learning setting, and assessing student outcomes relative to reliable and valid standards has presented challenges to this teaching and learning method. Building from the general international higher education literature, this article illustrates details, processes, and solutions, drawing on…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Literature, Musical Instruments
The Effect of Computer-Assisted Instruction and Field Independence on the Development of Rhythm Sight-Reading Skills of Middle School Instrumental Students
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Smith, Kenneth H. – International Journal of Music Education, 2009
This study investigated how the effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) to teach rhythm reading skills may be influenced by subjects' level of field dependence/independence. The subjects for the study consisted of 120 middle school instrumental music students divided into four groups based on scores from the Group Embedded Figures…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Music Education, Music, Computer Assisted Instruction
Initial Movement and Continuity in Vibrato among High School and University String Players
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Geringer, John M.; Allen, Michael L.; MacLeod, Rebecca B. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2005
The purpose of the present study was to investigate aspects of vibrato performance among high school and university string players. The main questions were to determine whether students consistently initiate vibrato in an upward or downward direction and whether players vibrate continuously when performing slurs. Forty high school and university…
Descriptors: High School Students, Undergraduate Students, Music Activities, Musical Instruments
Divergent Production Abilities as Constructs of Musical Creativity.
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Gorder, Wayne Douglas – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1980
The investigation concerned the construction of a test of musical creativity that would assess the hypothesized divergent production abilities of music fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration, and quality in school instrumental music students. The developed test, measures of musical divergent production (MMDP), was based on models of…
Descriptors: Applied Music, Bands (Music), Creativity Tests, Divergent Thinking
Assessment of Solo Musical Performance: A Preliminary Study.
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Mills, Janet – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1987
Questions the extent to which assessment of solo musical performance can be made under the General Certificate of School Education exam in England and Wales. Discusses performances as criterion. Reports on experiment which attempted to assess a student's overall music performance. Offers a model which can be used to better measure solo music…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Testing, Foreign Countries, Interrater Reliability