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THE EFFECT OF PRACTICING
MUSIC CLASSROOM PROCEDURES ON THE BEHAVIOR OF
MIDDLE SCHOOL BEGINNING BAND STUDENTS
by
John L. Whitener
___________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS
(MUSIC EDUCATION)
May 2007
Copyright 2007 John L. Whitener
Object Description
| Title | The effect of practicing music classroom procedures on the behavior of beginning band students |
| Author | Whitener, John L. |
| Author email | whitener@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Musical Arts |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Music Education |
| School | Thornton School of Music |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-10-30 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-03-02 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Cutietta, Robert |
| Advisor (committee member) |
McGraw, Gwendolyn Keim, Robert Woodward, Sheila |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of practicing music classroom procedures (independent variable) on the behavior of middle school beginning band students (dependent variable). For measurement purposes, behavior was classified into 3 components: Adherence to the Practiced Procedures, Time-on-Task, and Attentiveness/Responsiveness to the Director.; The researcher asked the following research questions: Does practicing music classroom procedures have an effect on middle school beginning band students' adherence to the practiced procedures? Does practicing music classroom procedures have an effect on middle school beginning band students' time-on-task? Does practicing music classroom procedures have an effect on middle school beginning band students' attentiveness/responsiveness to the director? Finally, do these effects, if any, last over time?; A 3-Phase Time-Series Quasi-Experimental Design guided this research. Four public middle school beginning bands from the Southern California area participated in the study in the fall of 2005 and spring of 2006. The 3 phases of the experiment consisted of 5 initially judged observations (Phase 1); the introduction of the independent variable treatment, which consisted of implementation of 7 music classroom procedures (Phase 2); and 5 post-test judged observations (Phase 3).; Using a one-way Analysis of Variance to analyze the scores, findings revealed that the independent treatment variable had a statistically significant effect on all 3 components of behavior, but this effect declined over time.; These study results suggested the following implications for music education: (1) Practicing music classroom procedures does have an effect on student behavior. (2) Educators must periodically teach, practice, and reinforce classroom procedures over time or the desired behavior will decline. (3) Students can effectively learn and be taught music classroom procedures. (4) Teachers can be taught to effectively implement music classroom procedures. The study recommended that music teacher training programs include instruction in classroom management techniques.; Suggestions for further research included exploring the relationship between classroom management techniques, considering the role reinforcement plays on reestablishing levels of declining behavior, and further testing and developing music-specific classroom procedures. |
| Keyword | music; education; classroom; procedures; band; management |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m266 |
| Rights | Whitener, John L. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Whitener-20070302 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Whitener-20070302.pdf |
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| Full text | THE EFFECT OF PRACTICING MUSIC CLASSROOM PROCEDURES ON THE BEHAVIOR OF MIDDLE SCHOOL BEGINNING BAND STUDENTS by John L. Whitener ___________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS (MUSIC EDUCATION) May 2007 Copyright 2007 John L. Whitener |
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