The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of programmed materials with adjunct listening examples on the vocal development of children's choruses. A programmed text was designed, tested, and revised in several pilot studies. The text, developed by means of the systems approach model was effective as measured by pretest to posttest gains by all subjects in summative and formative pilot testings. / Phase two of the study represented a field extention concerning the amount of methods and material presented in the text which could be implemented under experimental conditions. / Forty music teachers and their respective choruses served as subjects. All choruses were tape recorded singing the National Anthem as a pretest. Judges ratings of the performances were used as the main variable to match groups; other variables included length of rehearsal, grade levels included, and size of the chorus. / Two matched groups were created; a no-contact control and an experimental group. Teachers in the experimental group were given copies of the programmed materials and alloted a ten week interval to implement materials of their choice during rehearsals. The posttest taping utilized the same song and another of the teacher's choice. / Results of data analysis indicated that there was no significant difference in the overall choral sound between groups. Written posttests did indicate a significant gain by teachers in the experimental group of knowledge contained in the text. It was concluded that the lack of significance was attributed to an inability to transfer concepts from the text to the rehearsal setting. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-09, Section: A, page: 2795. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75377 |
| Contributors | TEN EYCK, STEPHEN GARY., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 241 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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