Refining Learned Repertoire for Percussion Instruments in an Elementary Setting

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald M. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Dependent Measure ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
Orff Schulwerk ◽  
Rehearsal Strategies ◽  
Percussion Instruments ◽  
Improve Student Performance

The purpose of this study was to examine teaching effectiveness in an elementary music setting using student achievement as a dependent measure. Because Orff Schulwerk instruction is one of the most prevalent pedagogies in elementary music education, this study examined the rehearsal strategies of recognized Orff Schulwerk teachers as they worked to refine learned repertoire for percussion instruments. Eight instructors and their upper elementary students were videotaped in four regular rehearsals each. Systematic analyses of rehearsal frames in which teachers were working to improve student performance revealed fast teacher pacing and a predominance of instructional directives that were procedural (e.g., where to begin playing) rather than musical (e.g., how to perform more accurately or expressively). The majority of students' performance problems were related to precision, often caused by rushing the underlying pulse. Instructional targets were most often related to technique. Students successfully accomplished proximal goals in 63 % of the performance trials in which the targets were verbalized by the teacher prior to performance and in 74 % of the performance trials when the targets were verbalized by the teachers while students were playing. Students were most successful when teachers used clear, explicit directives and positive modeling.

scholarly journals General Music Today Music Ideas Series: Viewpoints in Secondary General Music—Article Two: Power Trio: Three Ideas for Renewed Success With Classroom Ensembles

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-14
Author(s):  
Virginia Wayman Davis ◽  
Laura Singletary ◽  
Kimberly VanWeelden
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
General Music ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Music Ensembles ◽  
Music Class ◽  
Instrumental Ensembles

In this second of three in the series, we explore methods for incorporating instrumental ensembles into your music classroom. Experiences such as performing on ukulele, bucket drums, and in modern popular music ensembles are excellent ways to provide meaningful, relevant music education to students of all ages. Using both research-based information and practical experience, we will discuss ideas for three common instrumental ensembles. The techniques and resources provided in this article are starting points, appropriate for various levels and configurations of music classes: upper elementary music classes, secondary general music classes, afterschool or extracurricular music groups, or for teachers seeking to start an alternative ensemble or rebrand an existing nonperformance music class.

Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy M. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Veteran Teachers ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
Orff Schulwerk ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Integrated Technology ◽  
Integrating Technology ◽  
Elementary Music Educators

Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches is a comprehensive guide to how to integrate technology into the popular elementary music approaches of Dr. Feierabend’s First Steps, Kodály, and Orff Schulwerk. It also includes ideas of integrating technology with project-based learning (PBL). It is written for elementary music educators who want to utilize technology in their classrooms, or possibly fear using technology but are looking for ways to try. It can be used by new teachers, veteran teachers, teachers with very limited technology, teachers with 1:1 devices in their music classroom, and undergraduate and graduate students. Edited and authored by Amy M. Burns, this book contains ideas, lessons, a supplemental website for resources, and examples that are field-tested and utilized in her own elementary music classroom. Burns has successfully integrated technology into her elementary music classroom for over two decades. She is a sought-after presenter and keynote speaker for integrating technology into the elementary music classroom and has written three additional books and numerous articles on the subject. She has also won four music education awards at state and national levels. In addition, the summary of each approach was written by four excellent elementary music educators and experts in the approaches: Dr. Missy Strong (Feierabend), Glennis Patterson (Kodály), Ardith Collins (Orff Schulwerk), and Cherie Herring (project-based learning (PBL) with music technology).

An Emerging Process of Assessment in Music Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip D. Payne ◽  
Frederick Burrack ◽  
Kelly A. Parkes ◽  
Brian Wesolowski
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Performance Guide ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Instructional Decisions ◽  
Assessment Culture ◽  
Music Program ◽  
Improve Student Performance ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Effective Assessment

An effective assessment process can improve student performance, guide instructional decisions, and advocate for a music program. Strategies include designing and administering reliable and valid measures of student learning and using assessments to enhance feedback, longitudinal documentation of assessment results for accountability, and a transparency of assessment processes and findings for increased advocacy. An emerging process of assessment is inherent through the Model Cornerstone Assessments and contributes to an evolving assessment culture within K–12 music education.

An Exploratory Study of the Online Learning Environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia J. Khanlarian ◽  
Rahul Singh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
It Use ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Improve Student Performance ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Relevant Factors ◽  
Significant Factors

ABSTRACT Web-based homework (WBH) is an increasingly important phenomenon. There is little research about its character, the nature of its impact on student performance, and how that impact evolves over an academic term. The primary research questions addressed in this study are: What relevant factors in a WBH learning environment impact students' performance? And how does the impact of these factors change over the course of an academic term? This paper examines and identifies significant factors in a WBH learning environment and how they impact student performance. We studied over 300 students using WBH extensively for their coursework, throughout a semester in an undergraduate class at a large public university. In this paper, we present factors in the WBH learning environment that were found to have a significant impact on student performance during the course of a semester. In addition to individual and technological factors, this study presents findings that demonstrate that frustration with IT use is a component of the learning environment, and as a construct, has a larger impact than usefulness on student performance at the end of a course. Our results indicate that educators may benefit from training students and engaging them in utility of co-operative learning assignments to mitigate the level of frustration with the software in the WBH learning environment and improve student performance.

Alternative Assessment for Music Students with Significant Disabilities

2019 ◽  
pp. 224-241
Author(s):  
Donald DeVito ◽  
Megan M. Sheridan ◽  
Jian-Jun Chen-Edmund ◽  
David Edmund ◽  
Steven Bingham
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
General Music ◽  
Significant Disabilities ◽  
School Music ◽  
K 12

How is it possible to move beyond assessment for the purposes of evaluating teacher proficiency and student performance outcomes and instead to consider assessment for understanding student musical experiences and preferences for the purpose of promoting lifelong musical engagement? This chapter includes and examines three distinct music education approaches that have been taken at the K–12 Sidney Lanier Center School for students with varying exceptionalities in Gainesville, Florida. Megan Sheridan illustrates inclusion and assessment using the Kodály approach. David Edmund and Jian-Jun Chen-Edmund examine creative lessons developed for exceptional learners in a general music setting. Steven Bingham and Donald DeVito illustrate adaptive jazz inclusion and performance for public school and university students with disabilities. This collaborative development in qualitative music assessment has taken place through (1) developing methods of communicating recognition of student engagement and affective responses during inclusive engagement in public school music education settings, specifically in Kodaly-based music instruction, K–12 general music classes, and secondary jazz ensembles; (2) using students’ interest and engagement as a means of curriculum development and assessment in inclusive public school music settings; and (3) building collaborative relationships with parents and the community for post-school lifelong music learning.

The Value of Handwritten Notes: A Failure to Find State-Dependent Effects When Using a Laptop to Take Notes and Complete a Quiz

2020 ◽  
pp. 009862832097989
Author(s):  
Roni M. Crumb ◽  
Ryan Hildebrandt ◽  
Tina M. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Incongruent Condition ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Sole Purpose ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Improve Student Performance ◽  
Teaching Implications

Background: Many students use laptops in the classroom to take notes; however, even when laptops are used for the sole purpose of taking notes they can negatively impact academic performance. Objective: The current study examined state-dependent effects, and the potential for a match in note taking and quiz taking methods to improve quiz performance. Method: Participants were placed into a congruent (take notes by hand and complete the quiz by hand or take notes using a laptop and complete an online quiz) or an incongruent condition (take notes by hand and take an online quiz or take notes using a laptop and complete the quiz by hand). Results: The results revealed that participants who took notes by hand performed better on the quiz overall, and better on conceptual questions, then students who took notes using a laptop. We failed to find evidence for state-dependent effects. Conclusions: The current study suggests that taking notes by hand may improve how students encode material, and result in higher quality external storage used by students when studying for quizzes. Teaching Implications: Reinforcing the notion that taking notes by hand may benefit quiz performance for lecture-style information and could improve student performance in class.

ELEMENTARY MUSIC IN THE SOVIET UNION: PREREQUISITES FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN THE TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL SPACE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
V. F. Kochekov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
Children's Music ◽  
Movement Education ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Carl Orff ◽  
Music Theorist

The purpose of the work is to study historical aspects of the development in the USSR of Elementary Music Education, created by a German teacher, musician and composer Carl Orff. The article substantiates the value of this pedagogical system and the prospects for its use in the training and educational process. The initial stage of the introduction of Elementary Music Method in the Soviet Union and the organization of the Carl Orff Pedagogical Society are considered. As a result of applying theoretical scientific research methods, the main factors that influence the process of introducing a new direction in music education are established. The significance of the unified system of music and movement education created by Carl Orff is defined. The system developed by Russian and Soviet enlightener, music theorist, teacher, performer and public figure Boleslav Leopoldovich Yavorsky correlates with German teacher's system. The author analyzes the reasons for which the system developed by B. L. Yavorsky is not widespread in our country. The significance of the activities of the musicologist, historian and publicist Oksana Timofeevna Leontyeva, an active promoter of the Elementary Music System and the first researcher of Orff-composer and Orff-children's music teacher, is determined. The article stresses the first contacts between Soviet musicians and their German colleagues during the visit to the Carl Orff Institute in Salzburg. Emphasis is placed on the importance of publishing literature describing the content, methods and principles of Elementary Music for Soviet teachers interested in new areas of music education and upbringing. Educational institutions are indicated, in which attempts are made to use C. Orff's methods in classrooms. The author reveals the optimization of processes of introducing domestic musicians to the methods of music and movement education, caused by the arrival in the USSR of foreign experts in the field of musical pedagogics. The role of Lev Vyacheslavovich Vinogradov, one of the first followers of new directions in music education, is priceless, as is the importance of his pedagogical activity and his contribution to the popularization and implementation of the method combining music and movement education.

scholarly journals Humanistic, artistic and pedagogic aspects of Orff-Schulwerk music and dance pedagogyOrff-Schulwerk müzik ve hareket eğitiminin insani, sanatsal ve pedagojik yönleri

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Banu Özevin
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Contemporary Music ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Orff Schulwerk ◽  
Dance Pedagogy ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Carl Orff ◽  
The Individual

Orff-Schulwerk Music and Movement Pedagogy is a contemporary music education philosophy, born out of the work of composer Carl Orff. Orff-Schulwerk has a holistic understanding in music education which is a combination of music, movement and language. Orff-Schulwerk enables the individual to develop his creative potential in group activities based on improvisation. Orff-Schulwerk's philosophy is that everyone can make music. With this understanding, everyone can take part in the Schulwerk lesson and have the opportunity for artistic expression of self without the distinction of gifted-talented, child-adult, and normal-developmental-disabled. As in many countries of the world, Orff-Schulwerk Pedagogy is used effectively in music education and preschool education in Turkey.In this study, in spite of the fact that it is a built-in structure, the human, artistic and pedagogical aspects of Orff-Schulwerk have been elaborated separately in order to better understand the approach. In the conclusion and discussion section, questions and problems about Orff-Schulwerk Music and Movement Education's place in Turkish Education System and adaptation to Turkish culture were shared.Extended English abstract is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetOrff-Schulwerk Müzik ve Hareket Eğitimi, besteci Carl Orff’un çalışmalarından doğan, çağdaş bir müzik eğitimi felsefesidir. Orff-Schulwerk, müzik, hareket ve dil ögelerinin birlikte kullanıldığı, doğaçlamalara dayanan, grup aktiviteleri içinde bireyin yaratıcı potansiyelini geliştirmesine olanak sağlayan bütüncül bir müzik eğitimi anlayışıdır. Orff-Schulwerk’in felsefesi herkesin müzik yapabileceği yönündedir. Bu anlayış sayesinde yetenekli-yeteneksiz, çocuk-yetişkin, normal gelişim gösteren-engelli ayrımı olmadan herkes Schulwerk dersi içinde yer alabilir ve kendini sanatsal olarak ifade etme olanağını yakalayabilir. Dünyanın birçok ülkesinde olduğu gibi Türkiye’de de Orff-Schulwerk Pedagojisi müzik eğitimi ve okulöncesi eğitiminde etkin bir biçimde kullanılmaktadır.İçiçe geçmiş bir yapı olmasına rağmen, bu çalışmada yaklaşımın daha iyi anlaşılabilmesi için Orff-Schulwerk’in insani, sanatsal ve pedagojik yönleri ayrı ayrı ayrıntılı olarak irdelenmiştir. Sonuç ve tartışma bölümünde Orff-Schulwerk Müzik ve Hareket Eğitimi’nin Türk Eğitim sistemindeki yeri ve Türk kültürüne uyarlanması ile ilgili sorular ve sorunlar paylaşılmıştır.

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