Locus of Control and Field Dependence as Factors in Students' Evaluations of Applied Music Instruction

1991 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles P. Schmidt ◽  
Robert Stephans
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Music Instruction ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
Music Teaching ◽  
Applied Music ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Applied Music Instruction

This study examined students' evaluations of applied music teaching as a function of the students' attributes of locus of control and field dependence/independence. 70 undergraduate music majors listened to an audiotape of an applied piano lesson taught by one of two teachers, Subjects evaluated the teacher by means of (a) the Applied Teaching Rating Scale and (b) the Favorable and Unfavorable Scales of the Adjective Checklist. The former ratings and the ratio of favorable to unfavorable adjectives were examined by means of 3 × 3 factorial multivariate analysis of variance. A significant effect of locus of control was found for the adjective ratio, with externally oriented subjects rating teachers significantly less favorably than relatively internally oriented subjects. No significant main effect for field dependence was found. A significant interaction was noted for both the ratings and the adjective ratio, with 19% and 15% of the variance, respectively, explained.

Student Perceptions of Characteristics of Effective Applied Music Instructors

1975 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. F. Abeles
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Music Instruction ◽  
Criterion Variable ◽  
Applied Music ◽  
Reliability Estimates ◽  
Musical Knowledge ◽  
Applied Music Instruction ◽  
The Relationship

The lack of a satisfactory instrument for evaluating applied music instruction stimulated this research. A four-factor (rapport, instructional systemization, instructional skill, and musical knowledge), 30-item rating scale for systemizing student evaluations of applied faculty was developed. The facet-factorial scale development procedure was employed. The study produced a scale that seems appropriate to employ in the evaluation of applied faculty. The inter-judge reliability estimates for the scale are sufficiently high (.88 to .96) and the relationship with an appropriate criterion variable, student performance, seems acceptable (.60).

Dance Experiences Associated with Body-Image and Personality among College Students: A Comparison of Dancers and Nondancers

1993 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 507-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally A. Radell ◽  
Daniel D. Adame ◽  
Thomas C. Johnson ◽  
Steven P. Cole
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Short Form ◽  
External Control ◽  
Health Evaluation ◽  
Fitness Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Scores ◽  
Main Effect

This study assessed associations among measures of body-image and locus of control for 32 college students in dance classes and 26 students enrolled in a personal health class over a 16-wk. semester. Students took the Winstead and Cash 54-item short-form Body Self-relations Questionnaire and the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale. For locus of control there was a statistically significant main effect for time. Over-all, subjects scored as more internally oriented from pretest to posttest. However, there was a significant interaction; dancers scored more internally on locus of control at pretest than nondancers, but at posttest there were no significant differences between groups. For the Fitness Evaluation subscale of body-image there was a statistically significant interaction. Dancers had lower Fitness Evaluation scores at pretest than the nondancers but at posttest there were no significant differences between the groups. For Fitness Orientation there was a significant main effect for time. Subjects at pretest had higher Fitness Orientation scores than at posttest. For the Health Evaluation subscale of body-image there was a significant main effect for time. Over-all, subjects at pretest had higher Health Evaluation scores than at post-test.

Effects of Excerpt Duration, Tempo, and Performance Level on Musicians' Ratings of Wind Band Performances

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Geringer ◽  
Christopher M. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Wind Band ◽  
Performance Level ◽  
School Level ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
University Level ◽  
And Performance

This study investigated effects of listening example duration on the musical evaluation of wind band performances. In it, 96 music majors rated wind band performances that varied in performance level (high school, university, and professional), tempo (fast and slow), and duration (approximately 12, 25, and 50 seconds). Results showed no main effect for duration; however, there was a significant interaction between duration, tempo, and performance level. Listener ratings were higher for the medium and long durations of the professional and university level performances than for short performances. In contrast, medium and long durations were rated lower than the short examples for high school performances. The slow excerpt was rated higher than the fast excerpt only for professional performances. Analysis of features most noticed by listeners showed that intonation was associated with the relatively low ratings of high school level performances and musical expression was associated with the professional recordings.

Comparing Continuous versus Static Measurements in Music Listeners' Preferences

1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth V. Brittin
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
Digital Interface ◽  
Western Art ◽  
Continuous Response ◽  
Preference Ratings ◽  
Nonmusic Majors

In this investigation, we compared listeners' preferential ratings of art music, derived by conventional static ratings taken through 10-point Likert-type scales, and continuous ratings taken throughout the duration of each excerpt with a Continuous Response Digital Interface (CRDI). Music majors (n = 100) and non-music majors (n − 100) rated twelve excerpts of Western art music, including three substyles (Baroque, Romantic, and 20th-century) and three performance media (strings, keyboard, and winds). Music majors' preference ratings were significantly higher than were nonmusic majors' preference ratings. Although no significant effect was found due to using the CRDI or static rating scale, there was a significant interaction between type of measurement and major. Music majors' static and continuous ratings were similar; however, nonmusic majors' continuous ratings were noticeably higher than were static ratings. Nonmusic majors using the CRDI averaged almost one Likert-scale rating higher than those using the static measure.

Factors Related to Loneliness

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 827-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Barretta ◽  
Debbie Dantzler ◽  
Wesley Kayson
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Factorial Analysis ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Older Subjects

To examine the relations of sex, age, and alcohol with loneliness, 294 subjects completed the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale, a 20-item rating scale which measures satisfaction and dissatisfaction with current social relationships. A 2 × 2 × 2 factorial analysis of variance of the loneliness scores indicated a significant main effect for age, with older subjects rating loneliness higher than younger subjects. There was also a significant interaction between age and alcohol use Older subjects who reported consuming alcohol on more days also rated loneliness higher whereas younger subjects who reported consuming alcohol on more days were least lonely.

Listeners’ Perceptions of Choral Performances With Static and Expressive Movement

2021 ◽  
pp. 002242942098383
Author(s):  
Jessica Nápoles ◽  
John M. Geringer ◽  
Kari Adams ◽  
D. Gregory Springer
Keyword(s):  
Significant Interaction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
Written Responses ◽  
Tone Quality ◽  
Expressive Movement ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Nonmusic Majors

We examined how movement impacted listeners’ perceptions of choral performances. Participants ( N = 115; n = 60 nonmusic majors, n = 55 music majors) viewed excerpts of Moses Hogan’s “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel” under four conditions: good tone/expressive movement (GT/EM), good tone/static movement (GT/SM), poor tone/expressive movement (PT/EM), and poor tone/static movement (PT/SM). They rated tone quality and overall expressivity for each excerpt. We found a significant multivariate main effect for the examples. For both tone quality and expressivity, participants rated the examples in the following order from highest to lowest: GT/EM, GT/SM, PT/SM, and PT/EM. There was a significant interaction between the examples and participants’ major. Music majors rated the GT/EM example higher than the nonmusic majors but rated the other three examples lower than the nonmajors. Expressive movement seemed to enhance ratings of expressivity when performed with good tone but detracted when the tone was poor. In written responses, majors distinguished between expressive movement and tone consistently, while nonmajors could not consistently separate what they were seeing from what they were hearing.

Factors Affecting Personal Space toward a Group

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 735-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darhl M. Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Group Size ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Personal Space ◽  
Target Person ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Left Target

The personal space of 160 males and 160 females was measured relative to target groups whose characteristics varied in size (1, 2, 3, 4), type of person (men, women, boy, and girl), and direction of orientation (right, front, left). Two analyses of variance were completed: (a) sex of subject × type of target person × group size × direction of facing and (b) sex of subject × direction of facing of right target × direction of facing of left target person × man-woman composition. Personal space was smaller toward groups not containing a man than for those containing a man, for groups of children than adults when approaching face to face, for groups of females than males when approaching from behind, for groups facing away than for groups facing at right angles than for groups facing toward. Although group size was involved in a significant interaction with type of person and direction of facing, it did not produce a significant main effect. Sex of subject also was not significant, showing that males and females exhibited generic social schemas in personal spacing toward groups.

Effects of Data-Driven Instructional Strategy on Pre-Service Teachers' Mathematics Lesson Preparation in College of Education Ikere-Ekiti

2019 ◽  
pp. 75-91
Author(s):  
Oluwabunmi V. Kehinde-Dada ◽  
Olusola Obisanya ◽  
Gbenga Adewale
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Interaction Effect ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Effect Of Treatment ◽  
Instructional Package

This study determined the effects of data-driven instructional strategy (DDIS) on pre-service teachers' lesson preparation in mathematics. The moderating effect of gender was also examined. A pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design was adopted. Twenty-seven College of Education pre-service teachers participated in the study. The study was guided by three research questions. Data collected were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Instruments used were rating scale tagged practical teaching assessment scale (PTAS) (Scotts' pie = 0.87) and data-driven instructional package (DDIP). There was a significant main effect of treatment on pre-service teachers' lesson preparation (F(1,23)= 26.83, partial η2 = 0.54). Lesson preparations of pre-service teachers exposed to DDIS (x ̅ = 7.12) were better than those of control (x ̅ = 4.87). There was a significant interaction effect of treatment and teachers' gender on pre-service teachers' lesson preparation (F(1,23)= 4.37). Data-driven instructional strategy enhanced pre-service teachers' lesson preparation in mathematics.

Would You Accept a Facebook Friend Request from Your Boss?

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-147
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Karl ◽  
Richard S. Allen ◽  
Charles S. White ◽  
Joy Van Eck Peluchette ◽  
Douglas E. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Generational Differences ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Main Effect

Because Millennials and Generation X tend to desire close relationships with their leaders, expect frequent and open communication, and integrate their personal and professional contacts via social media, it was predicted they would be more likely than Baby Boomers to accept a Facebook friend request from their boss. Although no main effect was found for generational differences, a significant interaction between self-disclosure and generation was found, such that self-disclosure was positively related to acceptance of a friend request from one's boss for Baby Boomers and Generation X, but negatively related for Millennials. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

Subjective and pupil responses to discomfort glare from small, high-luminance light sources

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 592-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Tyukhova ◽  
CE Waters
Keyword(s):  
Pupil Size ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Background Luminance ◽  
High Luminance ◽  
Low Luminance ◽  
Point Rating Scale ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Discomfort Glare ◽  
Relative Change

This study examined human subjective and pupil responses to small, high-luminance light sources seen against low-luminance backgrounds. Subjective judgements of glare using a seven-point rating scale and the change in pupil diameters following exposure to glare of 47 subjects were measured during evaluation of 36 conditions comprising three glare source luminances (20,000; 205,000; 750,000 cd/m2), two source positions (0°, 10°), two source sizes (10−5, 10−4 sr) and three background luminances (0.03; 0.3; 1 cd/m2). Data analysis suggests that the relative pupil size is correlated with subjective responses to discomfort glare to some extent (r = 0.659). Analysis of variance of relative pupil size measurements demonstrates a significant main effect of the background luminance suggesting that when the background luminance decreases, the relative pupil size increases. Relative pupil size shows the same trend as the relative change in illuminance at the eyes and the discomfort glare perception.

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