Abstract
This research is aimed to determine the effects of piano education on the attention skills of 7-12-year-old children. In the research, pretest-posttest control group design is used, and attention skills of both of the groups are measured before and after the experiment. Unlike the control group (n=53), the experimental group (n=46) had private piano education an hour a week for 14 weeks with a tutor, and as a result of the cooperation with the parents, the students practised the piano on their own at home. For collecting data, 4 stage Stroop Colour-Word Test is used. In analysing the data, SPSS 23.0 packaged software and 2x2 mixed ANOVA’s are used. Independent factors are determined as group (piano lesson group and control group) and time (pretest-posttest). Dependent variables are reading black and white (RBW), name the colour of the square patches (NCS), reading the coloured words (RCW) and saying the colours of the coloured words (SCCW). Different ANOVA’s are used for each dependent variable. In the study, in all the applied sections, it was seen that the reading time of the children who have been having piano education has shortened and their attention skills have been improved. Nevertheless, especially in ‘Name the Colour of Square Patches’ and ‘Reading the Coloured Word’ tests results it was seen that, children having piano education have improved their attention skills statistically more than the children who are not having piano education. Children having piano education are considered to be more careful about the aliasing effect and their perception to be improved. Key words: Piano education, attention skills, Stroop colour-word test.
Highlights
Education is the most significant phenomenon used to have individuals equipped with desired behaviours and qualities and develop the temperamental hereditary factors
Children having piano education are considered to be more careful about the aliasing effect and their perception to be improved
The level of the effects of piano education on attention skills of children is measured by the Stroop Colour-Word Test consisting of 4 parts
Summary
Education is the most significant phenomenon used to have individuals equipped with desired behaviours and qualities and develop the temperamental hereditary factors. It is believed that societies transfer their distinctive elements to new generations in accordance with traditions and conventions and ensure that they are learnt. During this learning process, attention is the basic element and one of the first phases of learning. Attention is a basic component of the human data processing system (Caglar and Koruc, 2006). While according to the Turkish Linguistic Society Dictionary (2005), attention is defined as focusing the thoughts and feelings on something. In the dictionary of psychology is defined as the ability to ignore some of the perceptional functions, thoughts, sensual entries, cognitive stimuli while choosing some of these and focusing on them,
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