Journal of Technology in Music Learning.(Periodical Review)(Brief Article)

Edited by Kimberly C. Walls. Semiannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (spring/ summer 2001); vol. 1, no. 2 (fall/ winter 2002). Subscription: Journal of Technology in Music Learning, Music & Arts Publications, 1211 Brandt Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32308-5210. $27 U.S. individuals; $33 libraries and foreign. ISSN 1542-0221.

The Journal of Technology in Music Learning (JTML) is more focused than the title implies: it documents current research in the application of technology to music instruction in K-12 and higher education teacher preparation. This scholarly, peer-reviewed journal publishes original research, evaluative reviews of research, theoretical papers, commentaries on trends in technology-related music learning research, and conference proceedings. Modeled after its near relation, the Journal of Research in Music Education (from Florida State University's Center for Music Research), JTML adds a refreshing array of research methodologies (e.g., case study, observation, descriptive, qualitative) to the usual quantitative fare. Authors are mostly music education technology researchers from American universities, with contributors from community colleges and school districts. Articles averaging twenty pages include copious statistical figures, tables, and charts. Research articles have complete descriptions of methodology, reproduced instrumentation, and discussion of results and implications. Research notes up to eight pages long are detailed and accurate, and refer to appropriate sources. Articles are well written and have minimal editorial ...