THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING MUSIC VOCABULARY THROUGH MOBILE APPLICATION IN MUSIC THEORY CLASS FOR FIRST-YEAR BACHELOR’S DEGREE STUDENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN MUSIC, FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, SRINAKHARINWIROT

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1) to create a mobile application compiling music vocabulary for first-year students of Western Music Theory class in the Department of Western Music, Faculty of Fine Arts, Srinakharinwirot University, 2) to compare students’ pretest and posttest assessments between the conservative learning method and application-aided learning method of first-year students of Western Music Theory class in Department of Western Music, Faculty of Fine Arts, Srinakharinwirot University, and 3) to investigate the students’ satisfaction toward the utilizing of the music vocabularies application in Western Music Theory class of Department of Western Music, Faculty of Fine Arts, Srinakharinwirot University. The research results indicated that there were two elements in the application development including ten steps of the mobile application creation and six steps of the mobile application launch on Google Play. Another research result regarding the comparison of the students’ pretest and posttest assessments between the conservative learning method and application-aided learning method signified that the posttest assessment and application-aided learning method demonstrated higher learning results than the pretest assessment and conservative learning method. The satisfaction of students toward the utilizing of the mobile application is at a high level.