Incorporating Aural Skills Software in the Elementary Music Program for Talented Children

• Main Authors: Wen-wen Lien, 連玟雯
• Other Authors: 曾善美
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20793822252327673646

碩士 === 國立屏東師範學院 === 音樂教育學系碩士班 === 93 === Perfect ear is essential for talented children in elementary music program. However, developing good aural skills is not an easy task for them. Since incorporating instructional technology is the trend for the twenty-first century music education, researcher had been thinking about how to use related software in aural skill training. The purposes of this study are as follows: (1) To find out the effect of using music software in aural skills training compared to the traditional approach. (2) To find out the effect of using different approaches between advanced and not-so-advanced students. This study is a quasi-experimental research. The subjects of this study are fifth grade students from the researcher’s class. The range of this study includes four areas in aural skills training: chord identification, chord inversions, chord progressions, and scale identification. The period for this research is four weeks. After randomly dividing the subjects into two groups with Computer-Assisted Music Instruction (CAMI) and traditional approach, one test was utilized to determine the effect of different approaches after the experiment. One questionnaire developed by the researcher was also distributed to the group using CAMI afterwards. The data collected in this study was analyzed with two statistic methods: One-way ANOVA, and Descriptive statistics. The major results of the research are as follows: 1.Using CAMI in aural skills training for talented children in elementary music program proved to be more effective than the traditional approach. 2.Using CAMI for advanced students proved to be more effective than the traditional approach. However, there is no statistically significant effect for not-so-advanced students with different approaches. The recommendations made to the Bureau of Education, music teachers, and future researchers are as follows: 1.To the Bureau of Education (1)Encouraging the development of music software in this area. (2)Encouraging more researches and seminars in this area. (3)Providing more funds for elementary schools to improve related equipment including hardware and software. 2.To the music teacher (1)Music teachers need to know how to use information technology. (2)Music teachers need to be acquainted with the field of music technology. (3)Music teachers need to have the ability to incorporate music technology in their teaching. 3.To the future researchers (1)Choosing subjects from different grades or increasing the number of subjects to make this research even more reliable. (2)Enlarging the range of this research to include more areas in aural skills training such as rhythm, intervals, and melodies, etc. (3)Increasing the period of research for each session. (4)Adapting the concept of this research to the web-based learning.