The Development of Learning Activities to Enhance Thai Musical Instruments’ Playing Ability Based-on Dalcroze Music Teaching Method: A Study of Grade 7 Students
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The study aimed 1) to develop and evaluate learning activities based on Dalcroze music teaching method for enhancing Thai musical literacy of grade 7 students, 2) to compare students' musical literacy before and after being exposed to the Dalcroze music teaching method, and 3) to assess students' satisfaction after being exposed to the Dalcroze music teaching method. The samples were randomly selected by using simple random sampling from 1 class. There were 30 students in their second semester in the academic year 2021. The research tools used in this study were 1) a learning activity to enhance Thai musical literacy based-on Dalcroze music teaching method, 2) tests of Thai musical instruments’ playing ability of grade 7 students, and 3) a students’ satisfaction questionnaire on the Dalcroze music teaching method.
The findings showed 1) Learning activities to enhance Thai musical instruments’ playing ability based-on Dalcroze music teaching method for grade 7 students were efficient at 77.11/83.89 which was in accordance with the established 75/75 standard 2) The results showed that the average score after being exposed to the Dalcroze music teaching method was higher than before being exposed at a significant level of .01. 3) The students' satisfaction with the Dalcroze music teaching method was at the highest level, at which the average was 4.94 percent, and the standard deviation equaled 0.11
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