Christopher M. Johnson

• PhD
• Professor at University of Kansas

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of related instruction on student perceptions of behavioral characteristics and instructional patterns of an expert teacher. Participants (N = 53) viewed video segments from four consecutive swim lessons between an expert teacher and a new student. The first viewing of these videos occurred pr...

The purpose of the present investigation was to analyze the teaching characteristics and instructional patterns of an expert teacher, and then to examine whether those observed teaching aspects could transfer into a musical setting. A teacher of swimming was videotaped giving the first four swim lessons to a 2-year-old child. Recordings were analyz...

The purpose of this study was to investigate how instruction in the use of rhythmic nuances influences subsequent timings of a musical performance. Volunteer participants were asked to listen to and alter a performance of an excerpt from Mozart’s Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 2 and Bach’s Suite Number 3 for Violoncello solo, Bourrèe Number 1....

The purpose of the present investigation was to investigate music students’ tempo changes of a soloist’s performance in an excerpt from Mozart’s Concerto No. 1 in D Major for Horn and Orchestra. We then compared the composite rubato pattern to tendencies found in a previous investigation using Mozart’s Concerto No. 2 in E ♭Major for Horn and Orches...

The purpose of the present investigation was to analyze the four performances of an excerpt from the Mozart Concerto Number 2 in Eb Major for Horn and Orchestra, used in a previous study, and to determine the elements of rhythmic variation used by the soloists. Two of these performances had been judged to be exceptional, and the other two quite inf...

The purpose of this study was to identify those galvanizing factors that discriminate communities maintaining and promoting high-quality music programs from those communities that do not. Three of the communities visited were selected as winners of the NAMM Foundation's "Best 100 Communities for Music Education" competition, and the other three app...

The purpose of the two studies reported in the article was to determine whether or not a relationship exists between preservice music therapists' and teachers' nonverbal behaviors and their perceived rapport. In study 1, evaluators (N = 56) viewed a stimulus tape consisting of 15 45-second segments of 15 preservice music therapists leading songs ap...

The purpose of the present study was to determine if pre-service music educators could discriminate between novice and expert choral directors irrespective of the proficiency of the choral ensemble. A secondary purpose was to compare study results elicited in the USA with those from participants in Europe, South America and Asia. Previous research...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pre-service and practicing music teachers' experience on time and accuracy of assessing young singers. A total of 55 participants - freshmen (n = 14) and senior (n = 17) music education students, and beginning (n = 12) and experienced (n = 12) music teachers - listened to stimuli containing...

This study investigated effects of listening example duration on the musical evaluation of wind band performances. In it, 96 music majors rated wind band performances that varied in performance level (high school, university, and professional), tempo (fast and slow), and duration (approximately 12, 25, and 50 seconds). Results showed no main effect...

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship between participation in contrasting school music programs and standardized test scores. Relationships between elementary (third- or fourth-grade) students’ academic achievement at comparable schools, but with contrasting music programs regarding instructional quality, were investiga...

The purpose of this research was to explore possible influences of specific music elements on the prediction of overall musical evaluation of band pieces. We studied whether there would be patterns in evaluators' assessments of particular music elements including balancel blend, dynamics, tonel intonation, rhythml tempo, or musical expression that...

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship between participation in contrasting school music programs and standardized test scores. Relationships between elementary (third- or fourth-grade) students' academic achievement at comparable schools, but with contrasting music programs as to instructional quality, were investigated....

The purpose of the present study was to determine if music compromises one's selective attention, and to determine if music, as a competing stimulus, affects music majors and nonmusic majors differently. Eighty-seven undergraduate and graduate students served as participants. Prior to the experiment, participants were asked to bring with them a CD...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sex and race identification on the assignment of instruments to beginning band students. Participants (N = 201) were music educators solicited by university professors across the United States. Participants completed an online survey about instrument assignments. Half the participants were...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sex identification on the assignment of instruments to beginning band students. Participants were band directors solicited at music conferences and music education students solicited from major universities across the United States. Participants completed an online survey about instrument a...

The purpose of the present study was, 1) to assess and compare attitudes of junior high school music students from Italy and the USA toward disabled persons, 2) to examine the results in light of special education and music education practices in Italy and the USA, and 3) to expand upon the existing literature by differentiating between disability...

The purpose of the two studies reported here was to investigate and describe information available about music therapy that is likely to be found on the Internet. The top 20 Internet search engines were surveyed using the term "Music Therapy." Information concerning the first 25 sites listed per engine was collected. The following categories of inf...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of changing the magnitude of rubato in a musical performance on the perceived musicianship inherent in a music performance. Subjects listened six times to the first phrase of Bach's Suite Number 3 for Violoncello solo, Bourrée Number 1. Each performance of that phrase was altered such that the mag...

The purpose of this investigation was to systematically examine the relationship between identified nonverbal elements of the conducting and assessments of student and professional conductor performances. Five basic elements of conducting have been identified in texts and previous research: right arm movement, left arm movement, eye contact, facial...

The present study investigated differences between Italian and United States participants' evaluations of public school band directors. A secondary purpose was to examine differences in evaluations attributable to proficiency levels of the directors observed. Participants viewed videotapes of four different band directors from the United States, tw...

High school students and older persons served as audience subjects in the present study. Subjects were divided into four groups based on age (teen or senior) and gender (male or female). Participants were pretested using the Age Group Evaluation and Description (AGED) Inventory to determine their pre-existing attitudes toward four groups: teen male...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate specific clinical behaviors exhibited by music therapy students in their 1st through 4th semesters of practicum. A secondary purpose of the study was to determine if a relationship exists between therapy students' behaviors and their assessed clinical success. Participants were instructed to submi...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of instruction in the use of specific rhythmic nuances on the timings of a musical performance. Volunteer subjects were asked to perform Bach's Suite no. 3 for Violoncello solo, Bouree no. 1, using a computer software program that controlled pitches, amplitude, and all other musical variables. The...

The purpose of the present investigation was to analyze 15 performances of Bach's Suite Number 3 for Violoncello solo, Bourree Number 1 and determine what patterns of rhythmic variation (rubato) were used by the soloists. Data were collected directly from digital recordings of performances, and researchers used computerized analysis methods to dete...

The purpose of this study was to investigate how instruction in the use of specific rhythmic nuances influences the performed timings of a musical performance. Volunteer participants were asked to learn and musically perform an excerpt from Mozart's Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, No. 2. They did this using computer software titled Instant Pleasur...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of five positive models of inclusion on band students' attitudinal statements regarding the integration of students with disabilities in their music program. Elementary, junior high, and senior high school band students from 15 public school served as subjects (N = 757), and a Solomon Four-Group d...

The purpose of this study was to investigate musicians' and nonmusicians' assessment of perceived rubato in musical performance. Music majors (n = 48) and nonmusic majors (n = 48) listened to four different soloists' performances of the development section of Mozart's Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 2, movement 1. Subjects evaluated the degree...

The purpose of the present study was to examine the extent to which individual performers can influence listener perceptions of tension in music. Participants were 120 college music majors who listened to short excerpts of two different performances of Mozart’s Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 2, Movement 1. One of the primary differences betwee...

Assessed junior high school (JHS) and senior high school (SHS) music students' attitudes toward disabled persons. 424 JHS Ss and 275 SHS Ss completed the Disability Factor Scale (J. Siller et al, 1967), a questionnaire on attitudes toward various disabilities, and answered 6 AIDS questions. JHS Ss expressed less sensitivity than SHS Ss to persons w...

27 high school students and 24 older persons (aged 16–85 yrs) were divided into 4 groups based on age (teen or senior) and gender. Ss' pre-existing attitudes toward the 4 groups were assessed using the Age Group Evaluation and Description Inventory. Following the pre-assessment, Ss participated in an intergenerational choir that met once a week for...

The present study was designed to assess the usefulness of the Continuous Response Digital Interface (CDRI) as a tool for assessing student performance in a field setting. Judges evaluated musical performance at a regional band festival using the conventional means of a musical score and orally taped comments, but also used a CRDI device to record...

Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes musical examples. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 1992. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 312-331). Microfilm of typescript.