The effects of music aptitude, creativity, and heuristic and algorithmic instruction on the compositions of fifth grade students.

The purpose of this research was to discern a relationship between instructional style and creativity as affected by creativity aptitude and music aptitude. The researcher defined instructional style as either algorithmic or heuristic. For instruction that is algorithmic, the teacher presents a step-by step problem-solving process. For instruction that is heuristic, the teacher presents more open-ended or problem-finding tasks. The author hypothesized that either an algorithmic or a heuristic approach may be more beneficial to a student depending on that student's creativity aptitude and music aptitude. The present study involved 75 fifth grade children in intact classrooms in a suburban, middle class school system. The author administered Webster's (1987) Measures of Creative Thinking in Music (MCTM) and Gordon's (1995) Musical Aptitude Profile Rhythm I/II and Tonal I/II subtests (MAP) as independent measures....Тип обложки: Мягкая обложка