The Effects of Listening to Music on the Concentration in the Classroom of Grade 12 Local Guiding Students in ETTMNHS S.Y 2018-2019

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Focus and concentration among students nowadays are hardly retained. In able to increase student concentration productivity, a strategy such as integrating music in the classroom has been considered. Studies have reported that music stimulates thinking and helps improve skills such as verbal memory and auditory memory, however, and there was no study on the concentration of the students while listening to music. Given that circumstance, the researchers through this study determined the effect of listening to music on the concentration in the classroom of G12 local guiding students.

METHODS

The experimental research design was used in this study. Questionnaire method was employed as the process of data collection. The respondents were divided into two sets, 15 local guiding students were first subjected to music while answering an activity afterward the same group of students was subjected to answer another set of activity without music.

RESULTS

Over-all, the experiment revealed that the respondents mostly feel relaxed in the classroom and are able to learn to their fullest potential in the classroom without listening to music. This supports the result on the respondents' focus and concentration while listening to music where most students do not feel relaxed in the classroom while they listen to music. It was further found that they are not able to learn their fullest potential in the classroom while they listen to music. This study therefore concluded that most students develop focus and concentration without listening to music.

DISCUSSIONS

It is evident that based on the results, learners have diverse learning strategies. Some prefer listening to music while doing an activity, while others learn better and process thinking without music. Hence, it is recommended that teachers explore various teaching strategies that will best suit the learning styles of the students. For the students, it is advised that they, too, explore their learning abilities in different learning environments.