Date of Award
11-1-1986
Document Type
Practicum
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Center for the Advancement of Education
Advisor
Dr. Joan Horn
Keywords
baroque, computer assisted instruction, computer manager instruction, computer oriented programs, computerized instruction, computers, contemporary periods, elementary education, grade 5, history, history instruction, intermediate grades, microcomputers, music, music composer, music history, musical composition, neoclassicism, programmed instructions, romanticism
Abstract
A team effort led by the author developed and implemented a model program designed to improve fifth grade students’ knowledge of music history through computer- assisted instruction. The goals of the program were to have the student be able to identify the different periods of music history, music styles of those periods, composers and various writing styles of the composers.
The program contained four basic components: pre-test, implementation, post-test and results. After the fifth grade students were randomly chosen, a pre-test was conducted and the implementation began. Following the implementation period the author conducted a post-test, the findings of the post-test indicated the model program has helped to improve the students’ knowledge of music history, the model program received favorable comments from the students, teachers and parents and was recommended to be used in similar settings, (appendices include a letter to the parents, a schedule of activities, the pre-test, the post-test and comments regarding this program from the students.)