Get All Students Singing in Tune A Free, Fun, Fast Strategy! Dr. Susan Ann C.

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The Great American Singing Challenge ™ A grassroots movement to get all children singing in tune

The Great American Singing Challenge™ Motivate children to sing Help all children learn to sing in tune Promote family and community singing 1.Join the GASC www. greatamericansingingchallenge.com 2.Download softwarewww.singingcoach.com 3.Pre-test in Fall:“My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” 4.Practice: At home, and in the computer lab 5.Post-test in Spring “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” 6.Spring Sing-Along Honor highest scorers and most improved (Optional)(half of each)

What Teachers Say Motivating! Students were fascinated by and loved singing with the program. Accuracy and motivation have gone through the roof with students who used it regularly. Finally, a scientific way to measure/assess a student’s ability to sing in tune! Some students came back again and again to try to improve their score. Even shy students were willing to sing. The software surprised many of my students who had been told by either a family or a friend “you can't sing". They were pleasantly surprised to find out that they could sing and were very good at it too! The software fostered a lot of pride in my students. The families loved the Sing-Along.

Developing Singing in Third-Grade Music Classrooms: The Effect of a Concurrent-Feedback Computer Game on Pitch-Matching Skills Dr. Andrew Paney, University of Mississippi Ann C. Kay, Center for Lifelong Music Making  2,021 third grade students; 30 music teachers.  Students who practiced 1-5 times with the software made significantly greater increases than those who were merely assessed.  Students who used both staff and graph views showed greater improvement than those who just used one view.  Boys improved more than girls (although they had lower pre- and post- scores).  Real-time, visual feedback helped students improve their singing accuracy