The goal of this action research project was to discover ways to facilitate student musical learning through developmentally appropriate compositional strategies within the limited context of the researcher's own general music classes. Several specific questions guided the study which sought to determine whether classroom composition can be implemented with whole classes of very active elementary children, whether composition projects can be structured to fit within a limited time frame of 20-30 minutes once a week, and whether learning through composition can meet the needs of students with widely diverse ability levels. Referencing other research on children's composition, the researcher discussed her findings and described a few lesson sequences at different grade levels.
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