THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN MUSIC EDUCATION IN SOUTH WEST
AFRICA
ZOHOVj Ashley Mark, M. Mus. University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, 1986.
This study compared CAT with conventional group-class Instruction to
determine the degree of skill proficiency in interval and rhythm
dictation obtained by students exposed to the alternate forms of instruction.
Forty-three students attending the Windhoek Conservatoire,
aged between eleven and fifteen years, volunteered to participate,
A modified pre-test/post-test control group design was used. A
researcher-built pre-test was administered and students were matched
according to interval scores and grade level. Each pair was then
randomly assigned to either the experimental (GAI) or the control
(teacher) group: Intervals. An inverse assignment of these intact
groups was made. The control group now became an experimental group
(CAT: Rhythms), while the pre-defined experimental group was treated
as its control (teacher: Rhythms), Each student received CAT and
group-class instruction for two half-hour sessions per week for six
months (14-18 hours of instruction), GAI was administered using the
Micro GUIDO Ear Training System, specially adapted by the researcher
to suit study at a grade level.
Results of the non-parametric tests indicated no difference between
E and G groups (p ยป ,05). Results favouring the E group in interval
recognition were obtained (p = ,10). Further, the C group showed a
greater proficiency in ability to notate rhythms correctly (p - , 10).
No differences were observed in a comparison of sex, age and degree
of theory knowledge among students receiving GAI (p " >05), A positive
response by students to GAI was Indicated in an attitudinal
questionnaire,
It was concluded that CAI served as a feasible alternative to conventional
instruction but that optimum benefits would be derived if
used as an adjunct to conventional instruction.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/15204 |
| Date | 18 August 2014 |
| Creators | Zolkov, Ashley Mark |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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