Characteristics of Preschool Children's Individual Music Listening During Free Choice Time

Abstract

This study explored music listening patterns demonstrated by young children. The primary research question was whether preschool children's time-spent-listening responses would parallel responses found in earlier studies. In this study, the listening activity was completed within the context of the preschool classroom, whereas in previous studies, children had responded in one-on-one sessions with a researcher. A second purpose was to determine whether a psychological theory of attention, attentional might provide an explanation for the listening patterns observed. Preschool children listened to four selections for as long as they chose, at a listening center during a free-choice activity time within their classroom. Time-spent-listening responses were consistent with data obtained in one-on-one settings. As in previous studies, children were found to demonstrate internally consistent listening patterns, although they differed substantially from one another. Analyses of conditional survival rate, the mathematical operalization of attentional inertia, indicate that this theory may be useful as one lens through which to examine children 's listening behaviors.

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