Interactive technologies in the instrumental music classroom: A longitudinal study with the Music Paint Machine

Creative visualization; Embodied constructivist learning; Interactive music systems; Music education; Technology-enhanced learning; Constructivist learning; Educational research; Interactive technology; Technology enhanced learning; Technology in educations

Abstract :

[en] Can interactive technologies be useful for music education? This question was empirically investigated during a nine-month longitudinal study in which twelve children (1st and 2nd grade) learnt to play the clarinet. Six children (the intervention group) received instruction with the Music Paint Machine, an interactive music system that allows a musician to make a digital "painting" by playing music while making various movements on a coloured pressure mat. The other six children (control group) received the instruction without the use of technology. The overall goal of the longitudinal study was (1) to integrate the Music Paint Machine in instrumental music instruction in order to develop good practices and (2) to investigate the effectiveness of instruction with the system on the learning process. To measure the effectiveness of instruction with the system, children were administered the Primary and Intermediate Measures of Music Audiation (Gordon, 1986) as pre- and post-test. In addition, pre-tests were organised to map possible confounding variables, such as personality, home musical environment, motor skills and self-regulation skills. Although no statistically significant differences were found between the control and intervention group the study revealed important aspects about the transformative impact of technology in education. Furthermore, dealing with the complexity of a real-life educational setting and with the requirements of the quasi-experimental design, this study has provided insights on methodology (design, measures, analysis) in music educational technology research that can contribute to the further development of this branch of educational research. © 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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Education & instruction

Author, co-author :

NIJS, Luc ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Education and Social Work (DESW) > Institute of Musicology and Arts ; Institute for PsychoAcoustics and Electronic Music (IPEM), Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Leman, Marc; Institute for PsychoAcoustics and Electronic Music (IPEM), Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium

External co-authors :

yes

Language :

English

Title :

Interactive technologies in the instrumental music classroom: A longitudinal study with the Music Paint Machine

Publication date :

April 2014

Journal title :

Computers and Education

ISSN :

0360-1315

eISSN :

1873-782X

Publisher :

Elsevier BV

Volume :

Pages :

40 - 59

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0360131513003199?httpAccept=text/xml

Funding text :

This work is part of the EmcoMetecca Project ( Leman, 2007 ) supported by the Flemish Government ( http://www.ipem.ugent.be/EmcoMetecca ). The authors wish to thank their IPEM colleagues Ivan Schepers and Drs. Bart Moens. Also many thanks to the children and their parents for participating in this study. Finally, the authors wish to thank the reviewers for their highly constructive critical remarks.

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