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An investigation of the factors affecting the musical creativity of high school students
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An investigation of the factors affecting the musical creativity of high school students
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Micu
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Christine S.
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Christine Micu
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Berz
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William
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Hackworth
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Karina
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Karina Bruk
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Chrisman
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Richard
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Richard Chrisman
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Dammers
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Richard
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Richard Dammers
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Rutgers University
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Mason Gross School of the Arts
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theses
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2014
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2014-05
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The purpose of the study was to investigate factors that affect the creativity of high school students’ musical compositions. It sought to identify common characteristics of students whose musical compositions were judged more or less creative. The subjects in this study were high school students (N = 48) in grades 9-12 of a large suburban high school in central New Jersey. Three research questions were addressed: 1) Is there any difference in Musical Creativity scores based on Instrumental Music Experience as defined by a) Years of Instrumental Lessons; b) Number of Instruments Played; c) Piano Skill; and d) Guitar Skill? 2) Is there any difference in Musical Creativity scores based on School Music Experience as defined by a) Participation in a School Ensemble; b) Music Theory Class experience; and c) Number of Music Classes taken? 3) Is there any difference in Musical Creativity scores based on Non-School Music Experience as defined by a) Participation in a Rock Band; and b) Years of Participation in a Rock Band? Subjects completed three composition tasks ranging from closed (strict guidelines) to open-ended (free composition). Four judges rated the compositions using Amabile’s (1983) Consensual Assessment Technique as adapted to musical composition by Bangs (1992) with reliability ranging from .64 to .83. The Instrumental Music Experience variables of Years of Lessons on Primary Instrument, Total Years of Lessons, and Number of Instruments Played had significant positive correlations with Musical Creativity. There was also a significant positive correlation between level of Piano Skill and Musical Creativity scores, and those students with piano experience scored significantly higher for Musical Creativity than those without. The School Music Experience variables of Participate in a School Ensemble, Music Theory class, and Number of Music Classes showed significant positive relationships with Musical Creativity scores. Those student identified by the Non-School Music Experience variable Participate in a Rock Band scored higher on the Free-Compose project and for overall Musical Creativity. A greater number of Years in a Rock Band also showed a significant positive correlation with musical creativity scores.
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Music Education
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ix, 145 p. : ill.
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D.M.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Christine S. Micu
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Composition (Music)
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Music--Instruction and study--New Jersey--Hillsborough
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High school students--New Jersey--Hillsborough
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Micu
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Christine
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2014-01-16 23:50:22
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2014-11-30
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after November 30th, 2014.
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