DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS TO ENHANCE PIANO PLAYING ABILITIES OF GRADE 8 STUDENTS AT JAENG WITTHAYA SCHOOL, SONGKHLA PROVINCE

Abstract

This research aims to develop multimedia materials to enhance piano playing abilities among Grade 8 students and to compare the piano playing abilities of Grade 8 students usingmultimedia materials before and after instruction. This research employed an experimental design using a pre-test/post-test single-group design. The population consisted of Grade 8 students in the second semester of the 2025 academic year from the Nawamitr network of four schools: Daonairoy School, Bamrungsas School, Wachiranukul School, and Jaeng Witthaya School. The sample consisted of one Grade 8 classroom from Jaeng Witthaya School, Mueang Songkhla District, Songkhla Province, which was selected using a multi-stage random sampling method.The research instruments included: 1) Media-centered measurement scale, 2) Internal validation index of questions with research during E1 Set 1: 0.67 - 1.00, E1 Set 2: 0.67 - 1.00, and E2: 1.00, 3) Survey and analysis, and 4) Piano playing measurement scale, with an internal validation index between questions and the research center of 1.00. Key statistics and retrospective data, and emphasized information 2 related research groups found that: 1) Media used to promote piano playing ability in the context of Shinichi Suzuki's 4-stage teaching theory of listening, the imitation stage, the ladder stage, and the embedding stage of learning media that emphasizes multiple forms of information such as references, citations, and news reporting and 2) Direct pre-test media for rapid piano playing of 2nd year secondary school students, statistically significant at the .05 level.