Abstracts for papers presented at the 2004 WMEA Music Research Poster Session are available below. Click each title to read the abstract. Use your browser's "back" button to return to this page. For more information about each paper, or to request a copy, please contact these researchers at the email addresses provided on their abstracts.

The Effect of Individual Versus Collective Creative Problem Solving Experience on Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Students’ Compositional Products
Beatriz E. Aguilar, Ph.D., Edgewood College

The History and Music Practices of Native American Tribes, with a Particular Focus on the Upper Peninsula of Mchigan
Charlene Curtis, Iron Mountain (MI) Public Schools

Nadia Boulanger’s Impact on American Music Education: Summer Courses for Music Educators During World War II
Julie Dunbar, Ph.D., Edgewood College

Women Band Directors: Their Challenges and Experiences
Cynthia Eisenmann, School District of Waukesha

A Survey of Undergraduate Percussion Curricula
Tammy Fisher, Ph.D., UW-La Crosse

Using the INTASC Teaching Standards for Evaluation of Peer Teaching in and Elementary Music Methods Course
Hilree Hamilton, Ph.D., UW-River Falls

Philosophy of Music Education and Undergraduate Internet Collaboration: An Initial Assessment
Kenneth L. Liske, Ph.D., UW-Oshkosh

Gender Equity Issues in the Depiction of Female Wind Band Conductors and Wind Band Experts in the Instrumentalist Magazine (August 2000—July 2002)
Heather McWilliams, Ph.D., UW Oshkosh

Life Stories: Secondary Music Educators Changing to Post-Secondary Teaching
Vanissa B. Murphy, Ph.D., UW-Eau Claire
Susan M. Tarnowski, Ph.D., Anoka-Ramsey Community College (MN)