An Exploration of Musical Intelligence

This study explored the meaning teachers and children in an elementary school setting make of music. This study utilized an adapted version of Thomas Armstrong's musical intelligence checklist, as well as additional questions probing both teachers and children to relate their past and present experiences with music and how they are musically intelligent. This study was conducted with two third grade classes and two fifth grade classes, with the researcher spending one class period with each group. Implications for how music is affecting elementary students, as well as the meaning it holds for teachers, were discussed. In addition, recommendations for future study of music in early education were made.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Development

Department dc:contributor.department

Human Development

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2000

Author dc:creator

• Kendra, Melanie A.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Sawyers, Janet K.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Benson, Mark J.
• Burnsed, C. Vernon

• Education
• music
• elementary age children

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-05162000-11190037

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/32840