Öğrenme Stratejilerinin Piyano Performansı Öz Yeterlik Düzeyi ve Performans Başarısına Etkisi

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of using learning strategies on piano performance self-efficacy levels and performance success among piano students. The study group comprised first year students (n = 20) receiving piano course in the fall semester of the 2019–2020 academic year in the Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts, Program of Education Music Education. The study used an experimental research design and data were collected using the Self-Efficacy Scale of Piano Performance and an observation form. The study results indicated that there were significant differences in favor of the experimental group regarding piano performance success, comparing the post-test scores of the experimental group, in which activities were performed for the use of learning strategies in piano course, and the control group, which received education in a regular process. However, no statistically significant difference was found between piano performance self-efficacy levels of the experimental and control groups. The study revealed that the use of learning strategies in piano education did not play a role in the piano performance self-efficacy level, but that it was much more effective in increasing students’ piano performance success than the existing process-based education.