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The relationship of musical experience, musical aptitude, self-concept, age, and academic achievement to the musical problem-solving abilities of high school students

Laycock, Randolph Philip

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1992, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Music Education.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether significant relationships exist between the musical characteristics of original compositions produced by high school students, aged 15 to 18 and those students' musical experience, musical aptitude, self-concept as musicians, age, and academic achievement. The compositions were viewed as a form of musical problem solving. The musical characteristics used as dependent variables were tonality, meter, motive, length, replication, phrasing, complexity, originality, and cohesiveness. The independent variables were measures of students' musical experience, musical aptitude, self-concept as musicians, age, and academic achievement as measured by grade point average. The subjects were 56 high school students from a suburban Cleveland, Ohio, high school. Each subject was given a maximum of twenty minutes to compose a melody on an acoustic piano. The compositions were tape recorded and then analyzed by the researcher and rated by two independent judges. The results of the analyses and ratings were correlated with the results of the measures of students' musical experience, musical aptitude, self-concept as musicians, age, and academic achievement. The results of the correlations showed there to be strong relationships between musical experience and self-concept as musicians and the musical characteristics of the students' original compositions. Musical aptitude, age, and academic achievement were also related to the musical characteristics of students' original compositions, but to a lesser degree
John Kratus (Advisor)
154 p.

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  • Laycock, R. P. (1992). The relationship of musical experience, musical aptitude, self-concept, age, and academic achievement to the musical problem-solving abilities of high school students [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1056485666

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Laycock, Randolph. The relationship of musical experience, musical aptitude, self-concept, age, and academic achievement to the musical problem-solving abilities of high school students. 1992. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1056485666.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Laycock, Randolph. "The relationship of musical experience, musical aptitude, self-concept, age, and academic achievement to the musical problem-solving abilities of high school students." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1056485666

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)