Background and Aim: Teaching strategies that involve listening to music, expressing emotions, and analyzing its beauty can improve high school students' music appreciation abilities and help them learn music better. This study aimed to 1) compare students’ music appreciation ability before and after implementing a music appreciation course based on Case-based learning combined with Flipped classroom and 2) compare the students’ satisfaction towards the music appreciation course based on Case-based learn combined with Flipped classroom using criteria of 3.51. Materials and Methods: The sample was 25 second-year students majoring in music appreciation course in Yan’an University, academic year 2023. They were derived by cluster random sampling. Experimental design is the one group pretest-posttest design. The research instruments were 1) Music appreciation course based on Case-based learning and Flipped classroom 2) lesson plans based on the case-based learning and flipped classroom approach, 3) music appreciation ability test (knowledge) with a reliability index of .836, 4) music appreciation ability test (skill/ability) which reliability was .811 and 5) satisfaction questionnaire which reliability was .718. The data was analyzed by using mean, standard deviation, t-test for dependent samples and t-test for one sample. Results: The results of the study were as follows: 1) After implementing music appreciation course based on case-based learning and flipped classroom, the post-test scores of students’ music appreciation ability was greater than pre-test scores at .05 level of statistical significance (M=56.39, SD=9.65, t = 16.044, p = .000). 2) The students’ satisfaction was statistically higher than the determined criterion of 3.51 at .05 level of statistical significance. Conclusion: Implementing case-based learning and flipped classroom methods in music appreciation courses can improve students' self-assessment of their abilities, enhance interest in learning, inform future teaching practices, cultivate a love for music, and develop well-rounded individuals with balanced moral and intellectual growth.
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