Laura A Stambaugh
Biographic Data
| ID | 5872273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura A Stambaugh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura A |
| FAMILY NAME | Stambaugh |
| SIGNATURE | STAMBAUGH L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7459-5890 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Melody, not Beat Perception, Predicts Rhythmic Error Detection
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among beat perception, error detection, and musical experience. We presented monophonic rhythms using a piano timbre along with two measures of beat perception (Harvard Beat Finding and Interval Test [BFIT] and Goldsmiths Beat Alignment Test) and a measure of melodic error detection. College musicians’ ( N = 43) ability to detect rhythm errors was not significantly correlated to their abi…
The Effect of Jazz Improvisation Instruction on Measures of Executive Function in Middle School Band Students
Research investigating links between academic achievement and active music instruction has not previously differentiated between different types of instruction. In the current study, 155 seventh- and eighth-grade middle school band students were divided into two groups. Both groups received 2 months of instruction in jazz phrasing, scales, and vocabulary, but only the experimental group was taught to improvise. All instruction was part of the war…
Effects of Focus of Attention on Performance by Second-Year Band Students
This study tested the effect of the motor learning paradigm of internal and external focus of attention (FOA) with middle school band students. A total of 56 second-year band students (woodwinds n = 28; valved brass n = 18; trombones n = 10) practiced isochronous, alternating pitch patterns (e.g., eighth notes C–A–C–A–C–A–C) in three conditions: control (no FOA), internal (“think about your fingers”), and external (“think about your sound”). At r…
A Comparative Content Analysis of Music Educators Journal and Philosophy of Music Education Review (1993–2012)
Two journals reflecting the interests and concerns of music educators are Music Educators Journal ( MEJ) and Philosophy of Music Education Review ( PMER). The purpose of this study was to explore the interests of P–12 music teachers and university faculty as represented by the topics of articles in MEJ and PMER from 1993 to 2012. After identifying the primary topic of articles at least two pages in length ( N = 889), we determined the number of a…
When Repetition Isn’t the Best Practice Strategy: Effects of Blocked and Random Practice Schedules
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of blocked and random practice schedules on the performance accuracy, speed, temporal evenness, and attitude of beginning band students in a group instructional setting. The research assumptions were based on the contextual interference hypothesis, which predicts that a blocked practice order (low contextual interference) leads to superior performance immediately following practice but that…
Enculturation Effects in Music Cognition: The Role of Age and Music Complexity
The authors replicate and extend findings from previous studies of music enculturation by comparing music memory performance of children to that of adults when listening to culturally familiar and unfamiliar music. Forty-three children and 50 adults, all born and raised in the United States, completed a music memory test comprising unfamiliar excerpts of Western and Turkish classical music. Examples were selected at two levels of difficulty—simpl…
Effects of Focus of Attention on Performance by Second-Year Band Students
This study tested the effect of the motor learning paradigm of internal and external focus of attention (FOA) with middle school band students. A total of 56 second-year band students (woodwinds n = 28; valved brass n = 18; trombones n = 10) practiced isochronous, alternating pitch patterns (e.g., eighth notes C–A–C–A–C–A–C) in three conditions: control (no FOA), internal (“think about your fingers”), and external (“think about your sound”). At r…
Enculturation Effects in Music Cognition: The Role of Age and Music Complexity
The authors replicate and extend findings from previous studies of music enculturation by comparing music memory performance of children to that of adults when listening to culturally familiar and unfamiliar music. Forty-three children and 50 adults, all born and raised in the United States, completed a music memory test comprising unfamiliar excerpts of Western and Turkish classical music. Examples were selected at two levels of difficulty—simpl…
When Repetition Isn’t the Best Practice Strategy: Effects of Blocked and Random Practice Schedules
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of blocked and random practice schedules on the performance accuracy, speed, temporal evenness, and attitude of beginning band students in a group instructional setting. The research assumptions were based on the contextual interference hypothesis, which predicts that a blocked practice order (low contextual interference) leads to superior performance immediately following practice but that…
Enculturation Effects in Music Cognition: The Role of Age and Music Complexity
The authors replicate and extend findings from previous studies of music enculturation by comparing music memory performance of children to that of adults when listening to culturally familiar and unfamiliar music. Forty-three children and 50 adults, all born and raised in the United States, completed a music memory test comprising unfamiliar excerpts of Western and Turkish classical music. Examples were selected at two levels of difficulty—simpl…
When Repetition Isn’t the Best Practice Strategy: Effects of Blocked and Random Practice Schedules
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of blocked and random practice schedules on the performance accuracy, speed, temporal evenness, and attitude of beginning band students in a group instructional setting. The research assumptions were based on the contextual interference hypothesis, which predicts that a blocked practice order (low contextual interference) leads to superior performance immediately following practice but that…
A Comparative Content Analysis of Music Educators Journal and Philosophy of Music Education Review (1993–2012)
Two journals reflecting the interests and concerns of music educators are Music Educators Journal ( MEJ) and Philosophy of Music Education Review ( PMER). The purpose of this study was to explore the interests of P–12 music teachers and university faculty as represented by the topics of articles in MEJ and PMER from 1993 to 2012. After identifying the primary topic of articles at least two pages in length ( N = 889), we determined the number of a…
The Effect of Jazz Improvisation Instruction on Measures of Executive Function in Middle School Band Students
Research investigating links between academic achievement and active music instruction has not previously differentiated between different types of instruction. In the current study, 155 seventh- and eighth-grade middle school band students were divided into two groups. Both groups received 2 months of instruction in jazz phrasing, scales, and vocabulary, but only the experimental group was taught to improvise. All instruction was part of the war…
Effects of Focus of Attention on Performance by Second-Year Band Students
This study tested the effect of the motor learning paradigm of internal and external focus of attention (FOA) with middle school band students. A total of 56 second-year band students (woodwinds n = 28; valved brass n = 18; trombones n = 10) practiced isochronous, alternating pitch patterns (e.g., eighth notes C–A–C–A–C–A–C) in three conditions: control (no FOA), internal (“think about your fingers”), and external (“think about your sound”). At r…
Melody, not Beat Perception, Predicts Rhythmic Error Detection
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among beat perception, error detection, and musical experience. We presented monophonic rhythms using a piano timbre along with two measures of beat perception (Harvard Beat Finding and Interval Test [BFIT] and Goldsmiths Beat Alignment Test) and a measure of melodic error detection. College musicians’ ( N = 43) ability to detect rhythm errors was not significantly correlated to their abi…
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