The Effect of Classical Music Program in Academic Achievement in Playing Recorder of the Bachelor Students of a Private University in Nakhon Pathom

Abstract

          This quasi-experimental one group research was designed with the following objectives: 1) To analyse the effect of classical music program on developing the skill of playing reorder by increasing the academic achievement and 2) To compare the academic achievements of playing recorder before and after engaging in classical music program. Population of this research were 35 bachelor students of a private university in Nakhon Pathom, who registered in the Fundamentals of Music Course in the first semester of Academic Year B. E. 2561 and the samples were 32 students from this population. Research instrument comprised two parts: 1) A questionnaire of personal data; and 2) An academic achievement test in playing recorder. This instrument had been validated for content validity through the index of Items-Objective Congruence by three experts. Data were analyzed using Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, and paired t-test. Research findings yielded that 1) Using Classical music program increased the academic achievement of playing recorder; and 2) the mean of academic achievement of playing recorder after using the classical music program was higher than the mean of academic achievement before the intervention with statistical significance (t = -18.575, p<0.5). Recommendation from this research suggests increasing academic achievement of general courses using the music of Mozart and other composers, and by using instrumental Thai classical music.