Research

Teacher/Researcher Partnership project

Teachers have questions, and high ed faculty have research experience. If you have a question about your classes, music program, or the profession, contact the Research Committee (alison.reynolds@temple.edu) and we will partner a PMEA member teacher with a researcher with expertise in the area of your question. You can develop a project together, and work together to find the answer. Previous projects have involved a general music teacher required to classes to a new age level, and a band/string teacher wanting to see how student journaling might help her teaching.

PMEA Research Committee

• Alison Reynolds, Temple University, Research Committee Chair alison.reynolds@temple.edu
• Lewis Strouse, Carnegie Mellon University, Committee Member strouse@andrew.cmu.edu
• Linda Thornton, Penn State University, Committee Member lct12@psu.edu
• Kimberly Councill, Bucknell University, Committee Member khc007@bucknell.edu
• Nancy Beitler, Southern Lehigh Middle School, Committee Member beitlern@slsd.org

Research Articles

• Download the article A Comparison of PSSA Scores between Music and Non-Music Students
• 2004 Conference Summary
• 2005 Conference Summary
• 2006 Conference Summary
• 2007 Conference Summary
• 2008 Conference Summary
• 2009 Conference Summary
• 2010 Conference Summary
• 2011 Conference Summary
• 2012 Conference Summary

Research Links

• NAfME Research Page
• Action Research Network
• Update/NAfME on-line journals
• Research in Music Education (on-line journal)

Research Suggestions

Have a suggestion for a research project? Grad students and faculty in PMEA are interested in ideas for projects! Please submit a question or problem you think would make a good project by clicking here.