Development and Validation of a Music Education Competency Test

1981 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herschel V. Beazley
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Teacher Rating ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Course Grades ◽  
The University ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Better Than

The purpose of the study was to develop and validate a competency test in music education. The resulting Music Education Competency Test (MECT), pilot form, provided information on a student' s proficiency in selected singing, conducting, key board, and rehearsal skills. Three validity studies were conducted in order to obtain evidence on the relationship of MECT scores to (1) the student' s course grades, academic status, and teacher rating; (2) students entering as freshmen as opposed to those entering as transfer students; and (3) students with piano as the principal instrument as opposed to voice or orchestral instruments. One hundred and twenty-five undergraduates at the University of Illinois took one of the test forms. Results indicated that: (1) seniors score better than freshmen on the singing and conducting subtests; (2) instrumentalists score better than vocalists on the conducting subtest; and (3) students' scores on the conducting and diagnostic rehearsal skills subtests correlate significantly with instructors' ratings in corresponding areas.

Actualization of reflexive and didactic potential of students’ independent learning activities in the learning process

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Marina A. Fedorova
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Pedagogical Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Educational Paradigms ◽  
The Relationship

The change in educational paradigms has led to the need to define new methodological regulations that allow to consider the objects of pedagogical reality from a different angle. This led to the need to study traditional issues of pedagogy in an innovative context. The issue of forming students’ independent learning activities is not new for pedagogy. However, we present it from the perspective of an integrative-reflexive approach, which allowed us to identify its internal potential for personal development. The theoretical methods of pedagogical research used in the study: analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, method of causal relationships research, etc., which allowed to mentally penetrate into the essence of the studied pedagogical phenomenon and rethink it in a new educational reality. It is established that the educational independent activity accumulates the reflexive and didactic potential for professional and personal formation and development in the process of studying at the university. The possibilities of reflexive discourse as a way of realizing the reflexive-didactic potential of educational independent activity in the learning process are determined. According to the structure of the process of reflection in educational independent activity we distinguish the stages of reflexive discourse: reflexive-indicative, reflexive-presentative and reflexive-realizational. We consider the relationship of these stages of the discourse with various types of reflection and features of self-assessment, self-analysis, self-design and self-realization as structural components of educational independent activity.

scholarly journals Investigating Relationship of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Adoption Concept and University Competitive Advantage: A Field Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Abdul Sattar H. Yousif ◽  
Firas Rifai ◽  
Hadeel Alhroot
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Statistical Test ◽  
Adoption Of Innovation ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

This paper aims at investigating the relationship between the application of innovation and entrepreneurship system and the university competitive advantage in the Jordanian higher education sector.     To collect the required data, the number of some concerned individuals was surveyed through a carefully designed questionnaire that has become the main instrument to obtain the required data.A random sample of university managerial staff was withdrawn from five private Jordanian universities. The collected data was audited, reviewed and statically analyzed using the most relevant statistical test. The results of the statistical analysis have clearly pointed out that university adoption of innovation and entrepreneurship system has a significant effect on its competitive advantage.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Brand Image and Service Quality on Student Loyalty of A University Shop

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Saida Farhanah Sarkam ◽  
Nurul Syafika Mohd Nasir ◽  
Shatina Saad
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
University Management ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Southern State ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Loyalty ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed is to examine the relationship of brand image and service quality towards student loyaltyin purchasing at a university shop, namely UniShop, in the southern state of Malaysia. By understandingstudent loyalty, the university management might encourage students to shop at the UniShop and generaterevenues within the campus. The decreasing sales of UniShop are affected by a hypermarket located withinwalking distance to the university in August 2017. From the literature, the entrance of multinationalcompanies might affect the small companies surrounding them, including UniShop which is a smallenterprise. Thus, the research examined student loyalty in purchasing at UniShop by distributingquestionnaires to the students of the university. The researchers used proportionate stratified randomsampling to generalize the finding across all semester students in the university. The findings showed thatbrand image and service quality played an important role in student loyalty. Students were the maincustomers of a university shop, contributed most of the shop’s business sustainability, and generate indirectincome to the university. In order to maintain student loyalty, UniShop has to take some initiatives includingto increase the scale of products, focuses on student-centered services, improve the shop layout, and sellexclusive university merchandise to increase the student's self-belonging to the university products. Keywords: brand image, service quality, student loyalty, university shop

scholarly journals Lettere ad Angelico Aprosio (1665-1675)

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Nicolò Cavana
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Critical Edition ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Book Culture

The critical edition of the correspondence (1665-1675), today housed at the University of Genoa library, between the Genoan patrician Nicolò Cavana and the bibliophile Fra' Angelico Aprosio di Ventimiglia includes an introduction and transcription of the letters, with both bibliographical and (where possible) explanatory notes on some now outdated terms. In consideration of the private nature of the 286 letters, reading them gives an interesting and informal view of seventeenth-century life, as well as much information on the variegated world of the Baroque book culture providing a constant backdrop to the relationship of collaboration and friendship between the two figures.

scholarly journals NIRF India Rankings 2020 Analyzing the Ranking Parameters and Score of Top 100 Universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 385-390
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar ◽  
Kuldeep Singh ◽  
Anil Kumar Siwach
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Positive Linear Correlation ◽  
Peer Perception ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Outstanding Quality

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was launched on 29 September 2015 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India to rank the academic & research institutions across the country. The NIRF E-release of India Ranking 2020 was held on 11th June 2020. The present study analyses the top 100 Universities in terms of visualisation of data, the relationship of ranking with the parameters, and the relations among these parameters. Results of the study indicate that the Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR) score for all the universities was almost similar while Research and Professional Practice (RP) score had a considerable variation and played a significant role in ranking by having a positive linear correlation with the total score with the value of R2= 0.746. RP also has a strong correlation with the Peer Perception (PR) of the university. The average library expenditure of top-10 universities was 9.45 crore per annum. It was also found that library expenditure has a positive correlation with RP and the universities with higher research productivity also have a more outstanding quality of publication in terms of citations.

Reflection, theory and practice

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Swanwick
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Reflection Theory ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

A brief review of the state of music education in the UK at the time of the creation of the British Journal of Music Education (BJME) leads to a consideration of the range and focus of topics since the initiation of the Journal. In particular, the initial requirement of careful and critical enquiry is amplified, drawing out the inevitability of theorising, an activity which is considered to be essential for reflective practice. The relationship of theory and data is examined, in particular differentiating between the sciences and the arts. A ‘case study’ of theorising is presented and examined in some detail and possible strands of future development are identified.

The Relationship of Cambridge GCE Results with the Jamaican Graduate Output from UWI

1975 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-118
Author(s):  
Marlene Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
The West ◽  
Main Interest ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper seeks to investigate possible links between Cambridge examination results in the General Certificate of Education "O" and "A" level examinations over the years, and the annual Jamaican graduate output from the University of the West Indies. Although all faculties are considered, the main interest lies in numbers of graduates from the faculties of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine, linked with passes gained in science subjects at both "O" and "A" level GCE examinations.

Effects of decoupling on spectra of seismic waves

1962 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-131
Author(s):  
D. E. Willis ◽  
James T. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Waves ◽  
High Explosive ◽  
Atomic Energy Commission ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Frequency Spectra ◽  
Spherical Cavities ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract A series of controlled high explosive shots were conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission in a salt mine near Winnfield, Louisiana, to investigate seismic decoupling theories. Two recording stations were used by the University of Michigan at various distances between 1.1 and 14.7 kilometers for a majority of these shots. Frequency analyses of the magnetic tape recordings were made and the results are presented showing the relationship of the frequency spectra as a function of charge size, distance from the source, and coupled vs decoupled shots. The smaller decoupled shots detonated in the large spherical cavities were observed to have somewhat higher predominate frequencies than the equivalent size coupled shots. A change in cavity size produced no significant difference in the shape of the spectra of the large decoupled shots.

A STUDY OF MOISTURE STORAGE AND NITRATE ACCUMULATION IN SOIL AS RELATED TO WHEAT YIELDS ON FOUR CROPPING SEQUENCES

1961 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Michalyna ◽  
R. A. Hedlin
Keyword(s):  
Clay Soil ◽  
Mineral Fertilizer ◽  
Nitrate Accumulation ◽  
Fertilizer Use ◽  
Seeding Time ◽  
University Of Manitoba ◽  
Moisture Storage ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

On a clay soil at Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the University of Manitoba, four cropping sequences, namely: 1) fallow wheat; 2) fallow, wheat, wheat; 3) fallow, wheat, wheat, wheat; 4) wheat continuous have been under study since 1919. During the years 1956, 1957 and 1958 a detailed study of the relationship of wheat yields on these sequences to moisture consumption, nitrate accumulation, moisture storage and fertilizer use was undertaken. In general, yields were higher on fallowed than on non-fallowed plots. The higher yields on fallowed plots were, in part, related to nitrate accumulation during the fallow year. The yield differential between fallowed and non-fallowed plots was reduced by mineral fertilizer and manure treatments. Where no fertilizer was used the greatest wheat production in bushels per acre per year was on the fallow-wheat-wheat sequence. When fertilized or manured, the greatest production occurred on the wheat continuous plots.Rapid accumulation of moisture took place between harvest and the following spring. As a result, during years 1956, 1957 and 1958, there was only an average of 0.7 inches more available moisture to a 4-foot depth on fallow plots at seeding time than on plots which had been cropped the previous year.

scholarly journals Development of Broadband Low Actuation Voltage RF MEM Switches

2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. Shen ◽  
D. Becher ◽  
Z. Fan ◽  
D. Caruth ◽  
Milton Feng
Keyword(s):  
Insertion Loss ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Rf Mems ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Actuation Voltage ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Mems Switch ◽  
The University ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Millimeter Wave Circuits

Low insertion loss, high isolation RF MEM switches have been thought of as one of the most attractive devices for space-based reconfigurable antenna and integrated circuit applications. Many RF MEMS switch topologies have been reported and they all show superior RF characteristics compared to semiconductor-based counterparts. At the University of Illinois, we developed state-of-the-art broadband low-voltage RF MEM switches using cantilever and hinged topologies. We demonstrated promisingsub-10volts operation for both switch topologies.The switches have an insertion loss of less than 0:1 dB, and an isolation of better than 25 dB over the frequency range from 0.25 to 40 GHz. The RF Model of the MEM switch was also established. The low voltage RF MEM switches will provide a solution for low voltage and highly linear switching methods for the next generation of broadband RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave circuits.

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