The use of ICT to support the development of practical music skills through acquiring keyboard skills: a classroom based study

This paper concerns the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in music classrooms, with the focus on the secondary school music curriculum in the United Kingdom. In particular, it reports on a study of learners in a UK school using software designed to support practical music skills. The paper begins by briefly raising and summarising some key issues for the use of ICT in the UK music curriculum arising from current research and practice in music education. In this context the study is described, which was carried out in a British secondary school with 36 pupils in year 8 (aged ≈13). This study investigated whether a commercial CD-ROM entitled Teach Me Piano Deluxe, which was designed to teach music practical skills was able to support pupils’ acquisition of music keyboard skills.The results showed that there was a significant improvement in reading music (staff) notation and rhythm skills. The study suggests that this is one of the ways in which ICT may be useful for learning practical music skills in the music classrooms. Such potential improvement in practical skills may, in turn, enable pupils to approach music-based activities such as: composing, performing or listening in the classrooms, with greater confidence, a deeper level of understanding, and appreciation.     

多环芳烃(PAHs)对虹鳟(Oncorhynchus mykiss)鱼腮细胞系细胞毒性的Fisher判别分析

采用量子化学PM3算法计算得到的多环芳烃(PAHs)的量子化学参数,应用逐步判别分析法分析PAHs的细胞毒性,建立了能成功预测PAHs细胞毒性的Fisher线性判别函数,函数预测结果的正确识别率达到100％。研究认为影响PAHs细胞毒性的主要因素是PAHs的分子量(Mw)、偶极矩(μ)、分子最高占据轨道能(EHDMO)、分子最低未占据轨道能(ELUMO)和(ELUMO-EHOMO)^2。