THE STUDY IN ACHIEVEMENT IN GUITAR PRACTICE BY USING THE ACTIVE COLLABORATIVE GUITAR ACTIVITY PACKAGE OF GRADE 8 STUDENTS AT PRASANMIT DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL (SECONDARY DIVISION)

Abstract

This research is a quasi-experimental study with one-group pretest-posttest design. This aims to 1) examine students’ learning achievement on guitar practice by using the active cooperative guitar activity package, and 2) study students’ satisfaction after learning through the active cooperative guitar activity package. The sample consisted of 22 grade eight students enrolled in the Western Music Skill Course III (Guitar), which was divided into three groups: the good, the fair and the poor groups obtained from the guitar skill assessment and observation. The research tools included 1) the experimental tool: the active cooperative guitar activity package and 2) the collection tools: the guitar skill assessment and the satisfaction test. The results derived from the data were calculated using the t-test for the dependent sample and a simple descriptive statistical analysis including mean and standard deviation. The results were as follows: 1) the students taking the active cooperative guitar activity package increased their learning achievement on guitar practice, with a statistical significance of .05; and 2) students were highly satisfied with learning through the active cooperative guitar activity package.