Development and Validation of a Music Education Competency Test
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10201858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herschel V Beazley (Imperial Valley College, Imperial, California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-10 |
| Publication date | 1981-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3344674 |
| OpenAlex | W2052896683 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The purpose of the study was to develop and validate a competency test in music education. The resulting Music Education Competency Test (MECT), pilot form, provided information on a student' s proficiency in selected singing, conducting, key board, and rehearsal skills. Three validity studies were conducted in order to obtain evidence on the relationship of MECT scores to (1) the student' s course grades, academic status, and teacher rating; (2) students entering as freshmen as opposed to those entering as transfer students; and (3) students with piano as the principal instrument as opposed to voice or orchestral instruments. One hundred and twenty-five undergraduates at the University of Illinois took one of the test forms. Results indicated that: (1) seniors score better than freshmen on the singing and conducting subtests; (2) instrumentalists score better than vocalists on the conducting subtest; and (3) students' scores on the conducting and diagnostic rehearsal skills subtests correlate significantly with instructors' ratings in corresponding areas
Developmental psychology · Mathematics education · Medical education · Music education · Pedagogy · Rating scale · Singing · Test (biology · Diverse Music Education Insights · Medicine · Music Education and Analysis · Musicians’ Health and Performance · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |