Encyclopedia Articles

 

3. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., and Wesolowski, Brian C. (in press, 2017). Normal distribution. In Bruce Frey (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. PDF

2. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., and Wesolowski, Brian C. (in press, 2017). Standard Error. In Bruce Frey (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. PDF

1. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., and Wesolowski, Brian C. (in press, 2017). Variance. In Bruce Frey (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. PDF

Publications

9. Elam, Carissa, Wesolowski, Brian C., & Musselwhite, Dorothy J. (in review). Exploring the relationship between rhythm-reading ability and sight-singing self-efficacy in middle school choral students: An action research study.

8. Hurley, Craig M., Wesolowski, Brian C., & Musselwhite, Dorothy J. (in revision). Examining the effects of aural preparation on second grade students’ music literacy rhythm skills.

7. Athanas, Myriam I., Musselwhite, Dorothy J., & Wesolowski, Brian C. (in revision). Opportunity-to-Learn and music education.

6. Musselwhite, Dorothy J. (2018). Psychometric perspectives on the assessment of pre-service teachers in instrumental music education (Doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia). PDF

5. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., & Wesolowski, Brian C. (2018). Old Wine in New Bottles: A Methodology for Developing and Validating Performance Measures Using Modern Measurement Theory. In T. Brophy, M. Fautly (Eds.), Context Matters: Proceedings from the 6th International Symposium on Assessment In Music Education (ISAME), Birmingham, UK.

4. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., Wesolowski, Brian C., & Engelhard, Jr., G. (in review). Implications of Interval Discrimination and Melodic Dictation for Cognitive Processing: An Exploratory Study.

3. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., & Wesolowski, Brian C. (2018). Evaluating the Psychometric Qualities of a Rating Scale to Assess Pre-service Teachers’ Lesson Plan Development in the Context of a Secondary-Level Music Performance Classroom, Journal of Research in Music Education, 66(3), 338-358. PDF

2. Wesolowski, B. C., Athanas, M., Burton, J., Edwards, A. S., Edwards, K. E., Goins, Q., Irby, A., Johns, P., Musselwhite, D. J., Parido, B., Sorrell, G., Thompson, J. (in press). Judgmental standards setting: The development of objective content and performance standards for secondary-level solo instrumental music assessment. Journal of Research in Music Education, 66(2), 224-245. PDF

1. Musselwhite, Dorothy J. (2016). Student growth assessment in Georgia: Implementing student learning objectives in the music classroom. Georgia Music News, 76(3), 58-61. PDF

Presentations

11. Athanas, Myriam I., Musselwhite, Dorothy J., & Wesolowski, Brian C. (2018, March). “Predicting music preference with movie preference, hobbies interest, personality traits, views on life, and opinions.” Poster presentation at the National Association for Music Education Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, GA.

10. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., and Wesolowski, Brian C. “A Psychometric Evaluation of Instrument Difficulty Based on Performance of Intervals.” Poster presentation at the National Association for Music Education Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 2018.

9. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., and Wesolowski, Brian C. “Is edTPA a Valid Assessment for Preservice Music Educators? A Psychometric Investigation Using Modern Measurement Theory.” Paper presentation at the National Association for Music Education Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 2018.

8. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., and Wesolowski, Brian C., and Engelhard Jr, George. “Assessing Aural Skills from a Modern Measurement Perspective: Implications for Improved Teaching and Performing Practice.” Paper presentation at the International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, April, 2017.

7. Musselwhite, Dorothy J. and Wesolowski, Brian C. “Old Wine in New Bottles: A Methodology for Developing and Validating Performance Measures Using Modern Measurement Theory.” Paper presentation at the International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education. April, 2017.

6. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., Wesolowski, Brian C., and Engelhard Jr, George. “Interval Discrimination and Melodic Dictation as Implications of Cognitive Processing.” Poster presentation at the National Association for Music Education Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, GA. March, 2016.

5. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., Wesolowski, Brian C., and Engelhard Jr, George. “Evaluating Psychometric Qualities of a Rubric to Evaluate Lesson Plan Development.” Poster presentation at the National Association for Music Education Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, GA. March, 2016.

4. Wesolowski, Brian C., and Musselwhite, Dorothy J. “Quality Music Assessment Rubrics Online.” Spoken presentation at the Georgia Music Educators Association Conference. Athens, GA. January, 2016.

3. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., Wesolowski, Brian C., and Engelhard Jr, George. “Interval Discrimination and Melodic Dictation as Implications of Cognitive Processing.” Poster presentation at the Georgia Music Educators Association Conference. Athens, GA. January, 2016.

2. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., Wesolowski, Brian C., and Engelhard Jr, George. “Evaluating Psychometric Qualities of a Rubric to Evaluate Lesson Plan Development.” Poster presentation at the Georgia Music Educators Association Conference. Athens, GA. January, 2016.

1. Musselwhite, Dorothy J., Wesolowski, Brian C., and Engelhard Jr, George. “Interval Discrimination and Melodic Dictation as Implications of Cognitive Processing.” Poster presentation at the Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting. Chicago, IL. November, 2015.

 

Awards

2016-2017 University of Georgia Outstanding Teaching Award

2017 Recipient of the Office of the Vice President of Research Foreign Travel Assistance Award

2016 Recipient of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music Director’s Excellence Award