STRATEGIES FOR ATTENTION CONTROL FOR INTERMEDIATE STANDARD ADOLESCENT STRING STUDENTS
Faculty of Education
Clayton Campus
Gippsland Campus
Peninsula Campus
STATEMENT OF COMPLETION OF THESIS
MASTER OF EDUCATION
Name:
Matthew Alexander COHN
Student ID:
11636955
Project Title:
Strategies for Attention Control for Intermediate Standard
Adolescent String Students
Project Grade:
Date qualified:
HIGH DISTINCTION
30 July 2003
POBox6
Monash University
Victoria 3800, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9905 2819
Facsimile: +61 3 9905 5400 www.monash.edu.au ABN: 12 377 614 012
STRATEGIES FOR ATTENTION
CONTROL FOR INTERMEDIATE
STANDARD ADOLESCENT STRING
STUDENTS
Matthew Cohn
B.Mus.Per. (Melbourne University)
Dip. Ed. (Monash University)
Supervisor : Dr. Jane Southcott
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Educational Studies, Monash University
December, 2002
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Abbreviations
iii
Abstract
iv
Statement
vi
Approval from the Standing Committee on Ethics in
Research on Humans, Monash University
vii
Acknowledgements
viii
Chapter 1: The Research Problem
1
Chapter 2: Literature Review
10
Chapter 3: Research Methodology
26
Chapter 4: The Training Papers
40
Chapter 5: Case Study, Student A
48
Chapter 6: Case Study, Student B
58
Chapter 7: Case Study, Student C
63
Chapter 8: Discussion and Conclusions
70
Appendix A: Introductory letters and consent forms
78
Appendix B: Interview questions
79
Appendix C: The Training Papers – Training Attention for String Players 80
Appendix D: Response Summaries.
81
End Notes
82
Bibliography
86
ii
TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS
CSS – Contention Scheduling System.
IPA – Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming
PRP – Psychological Refractory Period
SAS – Supervisory Attention System
iii
STRATEGIES FOR ATTENTION CONTROL FOR
INTERMEDIATE STANDARD ADOLESCENT STRING
Clayton Campus
Gippsland Campus
Peninsula Campus
STATEMENT OF COMPLETION OF THESIS
MASTER OF EDUCATION
Name:
Matthew Alexander COHN
Student ID:
11636955
Project Title:
Strategies for Attention Control for Intermediate Standard
Adolescent String Students
Project Grade:
Date qualified:
HIGH DISTINCTION
30 July 2003
POBox6
Monash University
Victoria 3800, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9905 2819
Facsimile: +61 3 9905 5400 www.monash.edu.au ABN: 12 377 614 012
STRATEGIES FOR ATTENTION
CONTROL FOR INTERMEDIATE
STANDARD ADOLESCENT STRING
STUDENTS
Matthew Cohn
B.Mus.Per. (Melbourne University)
Dip. Ed. (Monash University)
Supervisor : Dr. Jane Southcott
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Educational Studies, Monash University
December, 2002
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Abbreviations
iii
Abstract
iv
Statement
vi
Approval from the Standing Committee on Ethics in
Research on Humans, Monash University
vii
Acknowledgements
viii
Chapter 1: The Research Problem
1
Chapter 2: Literature Review
10
Chapter 3: Research Methodology
26
Chapter 4: The Training Papers
40
Chapter 5: Case Study, Student A
48
Chapter 6: Case Study, Student B
58
Chapter 7: Case Study, Student C
63
Chapter 8: Discussion and Conclusions
70
Appendix A: Introductory letters and consent forms
78
Appendix B: Interview questions
79
Appendix C: The Training Papers – Training Attention for String Players 80
Appendix D: Response Summaries.
81
End Notes
82
Bibliography
86
ii
TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS
CSS – Contention Scheduling System.
IPA – Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming
PRP – Psychological Refractory Period
SAS – Supervisory Attention System
iii
STRATEGIES FOR ATTENTION CONTROL FOR
INTERMEDIATE STANDARD ADOLESCENT STRING