The Effect of Listening Music (Rhythmic–Melodic) Attention auditory on Audiovisual Concentration & Social Skills of Preschool Children
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy
Keywords: gender, social skills, music, Attention & Concentration, Visual & Auditory Concentration,
Abstract :
The purpose of the present research is to study the effect of listening to music on the visual and auditory concentration and attention as well as the social skills of pre-elementary school children. The statistical society of this research consist of all girl and boy children (4 to 6 years old) at Dist. 2, Tehran who enrolled at the kindergartens in the academic year 2011-12 and the studied sample at this research included two groups of 30 people (15 girls and 15 boys) of 5 to 6 years who were selected through random cluster method. They were sorted by using Raven intelligence test and then they were tested at two groups of test and control by pre-testing and post-testing. The required data was collected from Peyronie Toulouse Accuracy Test and the auditory attention and social skills of Gresham and Elliott. The test group was exposed to music for 10 sessions of 45 min. After the end of the course both groups were compared with each other by using post-testing. In the statistical analysis the covariance analysis and also the study of effect size were used. The following results were obtained: Listening to music is effective on the visual and auditory concentration and attention as well as on the social skills of pre-elementary school children. 1- The learning process is impossible to take place without necessary attention and concentration. 2- One of the ways to achieve concentration is to use music (rhythmic and melodic).