Using The Music Game Application to Develop Memorization of Music Notes Placement on The Music Staff of the First-Year Students in The Department of Music Education

Abstract

   The objectives of this research were 1. to compare the student’s ability to memorize the music notes placement on the music staff of the first-year students in the Department of Music Education by teaching through instructional media: music game application with 80 per cent criterion-referenced assessment, 2. to study the students’ satisfaction toward learning through instructional media: music game application. The sample in this research was 30 persons selected by purposive sampling method. The research instruments included 6 lesson plans, 30 items about the ability to memorize music notes placement on the music staff test and a questionnaire about the student’s satisfaction with learning through instructional media: music game application. The data were statistically analyzed by mean, standard deviation and t-test for one group sample.   The results revealed that 1. The student’s ability to memorize the music notes placement on the music staff after learning through instructional media: music game application is higher than 80 per cent criterion-referenced assessment with the level of statistical significance at 0.05, and 2. The students’ satisfaction on learning through instructional media: music game application was at a high level.