Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Hall, Jessica L.
Author's Email Address	jhall14@lsu.edu
URN	etd-0710102-150954
Title	The Effects of Internet Guided Practice with Aural Modeling on the Sight-Singing Accuracy of Elementary Education Majors
Degree	Master of Music (M.M.)
Department	Music
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Evelyn K. Orman Committee Chair Cornelia Yarbrough Committee Member Jane Cassidy Committee Member
Keywords	nonmusic majors use of technology guided practice sightsinging
Date of Defense	2002-06-28
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of aural modeling in guided practice through the Internet on the sight-singing improvement of elementary education majors. Students enrolled in a music methods course for elementary education majors (N=37) used software delivered via the Internet to practice sight-singing. The experimental web page included visual examples of sight-singing exercises as well as aural modeling of each of the exercises. The control web page included only visual examples. A t test for independent samples indicated no significant difference in the posttest scores of the two groups in rhythm (p > .05), pitch on solfege (p > .05), or pitch on text (p > .05) at the conclusion of the 15 weeks of study. However, both groups did improve significantly from pretest to posttest, indicating that the skill of sight-singing can be taught to elementary education majors using multimedia technology.
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