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Arthur, P.; McPhee, E.; Blom, D. – Music Education Research, 2020
Music sight-reading is a valuable skill that eludes and frustrates many musicians. Techniques for teaching sight-reading are varied, with teachers mostly falling back on personal experience or simply hoping that, somehow, the penny will drop for the student. This study reports on a survey of the music learning and playing habits of expert and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Reading, Musical Instruments, Teaching Methods
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Hamilton, Lani M.; Duke, Robert A. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2020
In two experiments we examined the extent to which musicians identify discrepancies between their intentions and their playing during individual practice. In the first experiment, 60 musicians representing four levels of skill development practiced a familiar piece from their own repertoire for 5 min while being audio recorded. They then listened…
Descriptors: Musicians, Intention, Skill Development, Drills (Practice)
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Wesolowski, Brian C.; Athanas, Myriam I.; Burton, Jovan S.; Edwards, Andrew S.; Edwards, Kinsey E.; Goins, Quentin R.; Irby, Amanda H.; Johns, Paul M.; Musselwhite, Dorothy J.; Parido, Brian T.; Sorrell, Gary W.; Thompson, Jonathan E. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to describe the development of content and performance standards for a rubric to evaluate secondary-level solo instrumental music performance using a modified bookmark standard setting procedure. The research questions that guided this study include (1) What are the psychometric qualities of a rubric to evaluate…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Psychometrics, Expertise, Music
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Conkling, Susan Wharton – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2016
Whereas most articles in this special issue demonstrate careful and close-up views of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in a performing arts or humanities discipline, my approach is opposite; I look in on music teaching and learning to interrogate current conceptions of SoTL. I begin with Sloboda's cognitive explanation of music…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Music Education
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Hallam, Susan – Psychology of Music, 2013
Research exploring learning outcomes in instrumental music has tended to focus on attainment ignoring other outcomes including long-term commitment to engage with music. This research addresses this issue. One hundred and sixty-three instrumental music students completed a questionnaire which sought information about their practising strategies,…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Expertise, Outcomes of Education