Children's Pattern Perception, Accuracy, and Preference in Three Response Modes

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ID10199485
AuthorsPeggy D Bennett (The University of Texas at Arlington, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume39
Issue1
Pages74-85
Publication date1991-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/3344610
OpenAlexW1967268287
LanguageEN
References cited10

The purpose of this study was to investigate the length of patterns children perceived from melodic contexts and their preference and accuracy in three response modes for demonstrating those patterns. Eighteen students, six each from Grades 4, 2, and kindergarten, participated in 10 videotaped sessions and were asked to demonstrate their perceptions in vocal, motor, and graphic response modes. Results indicated that students were not significantly more accurate in one response mode than in another, nor were age-groups significantly different from each other in accuracy of responses. The most frequently preferred response mode was the vocal mode, and mode preferences became more varied with increased age. Results also indicated that each age-group perceived patterns fitting a four-beat duration significantly more frequently than other pattern lengths. Also, with apparent focus on figural groupings, 16 of the 18 students accurately included anacruses in their response patterns more than 50% of the time

Audiology · Developmental psychology · Melody · Mode (computer interface · Perception · Preference · Statistics · Computer Science · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Mathematics · Medicine · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes

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