Remedial Instructional Package in Beat and Rhythmic Pattern for Beginner Piano Students Aged 6-9 Years

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AbstractThe purposes of this study were 1) to create a remedial instructional package in beat and rhythmicpatterns for beginner piano students age 6-9 years with an efficiency of 70/70, 2) to compare the students’achievement using pretest and posttest scores, and 3) to study the satisfaction of the studentstoward this remedial instructional package. The research instruments were 1) remedial instructionalpackage in beat and rhythmic patterns for beginner piano students aged 6-9 years and consisted of 1.1)an exercise book, 1.2) a teaching plan, 1.3) a table for evaluating pretest (formative) test and posttest,1.4) a music CD for music lessons, and 2) satisfaction questionnaire. The sample group was 15 beginnerpiano students, aged 6-9 years old, who had studied in a private class in a music institution. The statisticsused in this research including percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test at statistically significantlevel 0.05.The results of the research were as follows: 1) the creation of remedial instructional package in beatand rhythmic pattern for beginner piano students aged 6-9 years had an efficiency of (E1/E2) of 75.99/82.06, 2) posttest scores were higher than the pretest scores at the statistically significant level of 0.05,and 3) the satisfaction of the students towards the remedial instructional package in beat and rhythmicpattern for beginner piano students aged 6-9 years was at the highest level.Keywords: Remedial instructional package, Rhythmic pattern, Beat, Piano