"That's What Everyone Else Is Saying...": Collaborative Reflection-in-Action during Creative Activities

With the progression of more user-friendly music production software packages (i.e., Apple’s GarageBand) and the importance of social media, learners are engaging with music without having any formal education on important musical concepts. It has been suggested that novice music learners should start with what they know how to intuitively do already, which will allow them to move to more sophisticated musical concepts (e.g., notation, intervals). However, music production is becoming more a group project than a solitary one in which everyone in a group has a voice. A fourth grade classroom (N = 36) engaged in a music curriculum using the learning software Impromptu. Findings suggest that when students are able to reflect-in-action, their reflections become building blocks for others in the group to use and add to their knowledge base.

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