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Parasiz, Gökalp; Kervancioglu, M. Hanifi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Present study is a descriptive and applied study from different sides. It was aimed to make the applications prepared for the usability of Erzurum's folk songs available in music and instrument education. First literature review was conducted and totally 240 folk songs were determined to belong to Erzurum province. Among the songs determined,…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Singing, Music Education, Musical Instruments
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Simeon, Jinky Jane C.; Ku, Agnes Chun Moi – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2015
The aim of this research is to determine the effect of music instruction with bamboo xylophone as harmonic accompaniment on the singing achievement of second-grade children. Eighty children (N = 80) from four randomly selected classes in two different public schools in the city of Kota Kinabalu participated in this study and they were assigned to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Musical Instruments, Singing, Achievement
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Nompula, Yolisa – South African Journal of Education, 2011
I explore the role and value of African music in education, by drawing from a study of Grade 5 learners at a school in the Eastern Cape, which was designed to answer the question: Could Xhosa children in South Africa sing Xhosa indigenous songs significantly better than European folk songs? The experimental group received instruction in Xhosa…
Descriptors: African Culture, Folk Culture, Music Education, Music
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Silverman, Michael J. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2009
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of positive peer reinforcement on self-reported psychological measures and songleading performance in beginning guitar students. No differences were found between the control group (n = 21) and the experimental group (n = 20) concerning psychological measures of self-esteem, stress, and…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Psychology, Depression (Psychology)
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Koutsoupidou, Theano; Hargreaves, David J. – Psychology of Music, 2009
This article reports a quasi-experimental study of the effects of improvisation on the development of children's creative thinking in music. The study was conducted in a primary school classroom with two matched groups of 6-year-old children over a period of six months. The music lessons for the experimental group were enriched with a variety of…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Creativity, Music