| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 音樂學系碩士班 === 97 === The purpose of the study aimed to explore the influences of popular music applied in music appreciation to students’ learning interests and achievement. The experimental design was used and 127 5th gradres were sampled from Tai-Pin Elementary School in Taichung County. Popular music was applied in music appreciation as treatment for experimental group, while the regular course was taught for control group. The researcher-developed instruments for assessing learning interests and achievement were administered as pre- and post-tests. After ten-week experiemental teaching, quantitative data were collected and analyzed through Statistical Software SPSS. Dependant t-test and ANCOVA were executed to test the significant differences in learning interest between variables. Independent t-test and ANOVA were used to compare control and experimental groups in Music Learning Achievement Test. Finally, the experimental results were summarized as followings.
In learning interest, the results indicated that the experimental group had more interests than control group after experimental courses. However, there was no significant effect between genders, groups, students with pop music experience, instrumental learning experience, and students who attended music clubs or not.
In music achievement, the results indicated that the experimental group contributed significantly higher achievement than control group after experimental courses. There was no significant effect between genders, groups, and students with pop music experience. However, the students who had instrumental learning experience or attended music clubs achieved higher scores in Music Achievement Test.
Based on the results, recommendations were made to music teachers and future research.
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