EFFECTS OF BACKGROUND MUSIC IN COMPLETING ACADEMIC TASKS AMONG CHILDREN
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55197/qjssh.v3i2.136Keywords:
music education, teaching and learning, quantitative, ANOVA, children, early childhoodAbstract
Majority of adolescent read, study for test, and complete their homework while listening to music. Listening to music while studying is known as multitasking. Focus and ability to multitask play a large role whether or not adolescents listen to music while studying. Previous studies on the effect of background music on the performance of certain tasks have shown positive, negative, and neutral effects. The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the effects of background music in completing academic task in Malaysian schools. A total of thirty-eight (N = 38) secondary school students completed the test papers, under the no music condition and with background music condition. An analysis of variance (One-Way ANOVA) determined that there is no significant difference in test scores between the two groups. Thus, the learning condition without music or learning condition with music does not have any effect on the students’ test scores. Results are important for students, parents, and educators to enhance and improve students’ academic achievement through students’ learning styles.
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