THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING COMPUTERS IN THE TEACHING OF MUSIC
NOTATION WRITING SKILLS TO MALAYSIAN TRAINEE MUSIC TEACHERS |
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Note: This is a jointly authored paper that was published, citation information below. | |||
Ang, M. & Mohd Hassan O. (2001). “The Effectiveness Of Using Computers In The Teaching Of Music Notation Writing Skills To Malaysian Trainee Music Teachers.” Jurnal ITTHO. | |||
ABSTRACT The effectiveness of using computers in the teaching of music notation writing skills is studied. The pre-test involved the respondents answering a questionnaire designed to survey their attitudes and perceptions towards the use of the computer as a teaching aid for music, and a test on the respondent’s ability to write music notation. The treatment or experiment conducted was in the form of a course on the use of the notation software “Coda Finale”. Respondents were required to undergo a short training course, teaching them how to use this software. Upon completion of this course, respondents were re-tested on their ability to write music notation and were also required to answer the survey questionnaire on attitudes and perceptions towards the use of the computer as a teaching aid for music once more. Pre-test and post-test results were then analysed statistically. Research findings indicate that a higher level of music writing skills may be attained with the aid of music notation software and computer based training, and that a side effect of increasing computer literacy and improving attitudes and perceptions towards computers results from such use. The other important finding is that prior experience with computers and good attitudes and perceptions towards computer-based training has no effect on a candidate’s ability to learn music writing skills. The complete paper is here. You will need the freely available Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it. |