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De Marea, S. (1976). Effects of Orff's music on pre-academic skills (Doctoral dissertation, St Louis University, 1976). Dissertation Abstracts International, 94, 77-12-090.
| Author(s): | De Marea, Sister Katherine |
| Title: | Effects of Orff's music on pre-academic skills |
| Source Type: | Dissertation |
| Source Name: | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| Year: | DAI |
| Year: | 1976 |
| Volume: | DAI-A 37/1 |
| Pages: | 94 |
| Catalog No.: | 77-12-090 |
| Country Code: | US |
| Institution: | St Louis University |
| Language: | English |
| Orff Topic Category: | Curriculum/Assessment |
| Secondary Orff Topic Category: | Effect of OS on Music Knowledge/Skills |
| Research Methodology I: | Quantitative |
| Research Methodology II: | Quasi-Experimental |
| Participants: | 30 kindergarten students |
| Purpose: | determine the effectiveness of an Orff program on selected preacademic skills |
| Dependent Variables: | preacademic skills |
| Analysis: | ANOVA |
| Abstract: | This study was designed to determine the effect of the Orff approach on children's preacademic skills. The researcher also sought to determine whether a six week program would be sufficient to observe a siginficant affect on subjects. |
| Results/Conclusions: | As a result of the six week intervention there was no siginficant difference between scores of preacademic skills for the experimental and control groups. |
| Keywords: | Assessment, Young children, intellectual response |