AIRS 2nd Annual Conference: Seattle 2010
Title: The AIRS Test Battery in Estonia
Author: Marju Raju (Estonian Academy of Music and Theater)
This presentation gives an overview of applying the AIRS test battery in Estonia. The first part
of the presentation focuses on adapting the test items and instructions into Estonian and
describing the testing process. During this spring 26 children with different musical
background (ages 2-12) have been tested in Estonia. In the second part, a short overview of the
preliminary descriptive analyses of the data will be given. The presentation is illustrated with
video clips from the testing.
Bio
Marju Raju is a doctoral student of musicology in Estonian Academy of Music and Theater.
She has a M.Sc. in psychology (2007) from Tallinn University and a master’s degree in
musicology (2008) from Estonian Academy of music theater