The Teamwork-Based Strategies in the School Instruments (Guitar) Course and the Effects on Student Achievement


ULUDAĞ A. K.

HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, cilt.30, sa.3, ss.147-159, 2015 (SSCI) identifier identifier

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This study was conducted to investigate the effect of teamwork strategies, that was prepared systematically for school instruments (guitar) training course, on the achievement levels of students. The study group included 42 students, who were taking School Instruments (Guitar) Training course at Ataturk University, Kazim Karabekir College of Education, Department of Music Education During 2013-2014 Academic year. Pre-test post-test model with the control group was used in the study. One of the study groups was assigned as the experimental group (n:21) and the other group was appointed as the control group (n: 21) by using the neutral assigning method. The Obtained data was evaluated by SPSS 20 statistical program, and Mann-Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test were also used to determine whether there were significant differences between the pre-test and post-test scores from the experimental and control groups. The instruction was given with traditional methods for the control group, while different strategies, which were based on teamwork, were used for the experimental group. Studies that were developed for the current research were used in the instruction of the experimental group, and the question was aimed to be answered was whether these studies caused effective learning in training with teamwork strategies. Based on the results, the experimental group was found more successful than the control group, regarding fulfilling the given responsibilities, practicing and preparing the studies on time, and interpreting the music.