Browsing Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Sims, Wendy L."
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Beautiful choral tone quality rehearsal techniques of a director
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)What is beautiful choral tone quality? What effective rehearsal techniques might be found if a successful high school choral director could be observed and interviewed? The primary goal of this study was to discover the ... -
Current music practices and teachers' needs for teaching music in public preschools of South Korea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)The present study aimed to investigate the current music practices and teachers' needs for teaching music in public preschools of South Korea. The data were obtained from the public preschools in South Korea, and 66.7% (n ... -
Development of curriculum materials to teach American children about the culture of Taiwan through Taiwanese children's songs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)A multicultural approach to music teaching has become increasingly important in music education. Due to a lack of materials about Taiwanese songs in the United States, I designed music curriculum materials for American ... -
The effects of listening conditions, error types, and ensemble textures on the error detection skills of undergraduate instrumental music education majors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)This study was designed with three main purposes; to compare (a) the effects of two listening conditions on error detection accuracy, (b) error detection responses for rhythm errors and note errors, and (c) the influences ... -
An examination of methods used to teach practice strategies in the college voice studio
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study was designed to inform researchers and educators about practice instruction in the college voice studio by gathering baseline data about the ... -
An examination of music student teaching seminars at midwestern universities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This study was designed with two main purposes: (a) to provide researchers and educators with information about the structure and content of music student teaching seminars by gathering baseline data regarding current ... -
In-service elementary ESOL teachers' perspectives, usage, and difficulties of teaching English through music
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Due to the increasing numbers of English Language Learners (ELLs) in the U.S., additional ways of teaching English need to be discovered. This study was designed to investigate teachers of English for Speakers of Other ... -
Preschool piano methods and developmentally appropriate practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)The purpose of this study was to analyze preschool piano method books and identify ways in which they were or were not consistent with guidelines of Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Programs (Bredekamp ... -
Real time video mentoring : investigating synchronous video technology as a mentoring tool for new music teachers in rural school districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The purpose of this study was to determine if computer based real-time video mentoring (RVM) is a viable tool for mentoring music teachers in rural school districts. Research has shown that mentoring is effective in reducing ... -
Relationships between siblings engaged in music study : an exploratory investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The goal of this research was to investigate interactions between siblings with respect to music study. Data were collected from five two-child families, ... -
Responses of elementary students and their teachers to a world music preference survey
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The purpose of this study was to investigate student listening preferences towards examples of music from around the world. The study of characteristics of music from different cultures is included in the school music ... -
School-community partnerships in community children's choir organizations /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This descriptive study examined community children's choirs' participation in K-12 school-community partnerships to describe characteristics of these organizations and their partnerships, and to examine what the directors ... -
South Korean parents' goals, knowledge, practices, and needs regarding music education for young children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)The purpose of this study was to explore South Korean parents' understanding of and desires for music education for their children. Following a constructivist paradigm and qualitative research methodology, data collection ... -
A study of social comparisons and their effects on high school choir directors /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This study was designed to examine social comparison usage by high school choir directors, and possible attributes that may affect the types of comparisons that are utilized. Directors from four Midwestern states were ... -
A theoretical model of piano sightplaying components
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)The goal of this study is to provide a theoretical model regarding sightplaying phenomena based upon investigation, analysis, and synthesis from a large amount of research findings, observation results, theoretical ideas, ...