The editorial argues that fundamental questions about teaching music should be settled by controlled experiment rather than by trial and error.¶
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q1 i? Questions about fundamentals in music teaching, such as assigning music to teachers with the best natural ability as leaders in singing, are reducible to controlled experimental conditions and may be settled in a scientific way with saving of money and mental energy. → O. E. S. and J. C. B 1913
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O. E. S. and J. C. B 1913¶
O. E. S. and J. C. B. (1913). Editorial notes, The Journal of Educational Psychology, p. 294. https://psycnet.apa.org/journals/edu/
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A theoretical argument by the editorial author (signed O. E. S.), not a tested result. The author states such questions are "readily reducible to controlled experimental conditions" and laments the nation settling them by the blind trial and error method, citing educational waste.
"Such questions are readily reducible to controlled experi- mental conditions, aDd may be settled in a scientific wsiy with enor- mous saving of money and mental energy."
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Related Claims¶
- Baerwald's study of motor imagery finds no relation between development of musical performance skill and degree of native motor endowment — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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The editorial argues that fundamental questions about teaching music should be settled by controlled experiment rather than by trial and error. |
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The editorial argues that fundamental questions about teaching music should be settled by controlled experiment rather than by trial and error. |
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