| dc.description.abstract | Reading is the least popular activity in Secondary Students, which leads to the low
scores on their Bahasa test. One way that can be used to improve the reading
capabilities is the use of instrumental music. This research is aimed at assessing
and finding out the differences in reading capability among the 7th grades by
providing them with rock and classical instrumental music. The music is derived
from Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 that assessed by means of the Content Validity
Index (CVI) from three subject matter experts (p=0,866; 0,67; p>0,05). The
measuring tool that used in this research comes in the form of 20 multiple choice
questions, which represent the Competency Standard for 7th grade students that
assessed the reliability by the means of Kuder Richardson-20 (p=0,958; near
1,00). In this research, there are 68 students, aged 12-14, divided into three
groups, one sits the test with classical music, another with rock music, and the
other one without any music on. From this research, it shows that there were
differences in reading capability among the 7th grades (p=0,001; p<0,05). The
group with rock music is on the lowest score. It might stem from the music
element that generating some distortion and posing a reverse effect on someone’s
cognitive process. It is advisable for parents and teachers to use classical
instrumental music to improve students’ reading capabilities. The next research
will hopefully use more subjects, music genres, and conduct another experiment
on the subjects with headphones on. | en_US |
