The effect of behavioral contracting on the acquisition of guitar performance skills in a college-level beginning guitar class.
Behavioral contracting has been used as a tool to modify behavior in a variety of settings, and the purpose of this study was to determine the impact of behavioral contracting on the acquisition of guitar performance skills in a college-level beginning guitar class. Music and nonmusic majors enrolle...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Music Therapy Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 323 - 339 |
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| Formato: | clinical trial research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Winter2009
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