Impact of Listening to Music on Stress Level and Performance

Download or read book Impact of Listening to Music on Stress Level and Performance written by Gemmar Anthony Guimba and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Pedagogy - Pedagogic Psychology, grade: 93.00, language: English, abstract: Every student go through different kinds of stress. One of the most stressful tasks of students is to pass each examination they have to face. Teachers play crucial role in helping their students perform well in their exams. Indeed teachers are thinking of effective and innovative teaching strategies that would address the various needs of the students. One of the strategies in mind is using music in classroom activities. Music is one of the few activities that involve using the whole brain. It is intrinsic to all cultures and can have surprising benefit. This study aimed at finding out the level of stress and classroom performance of college freshmen who listened and did not listen to acoustic music while taking the teacher-made test in General Psychology. Every student goes through different kinds of stress. One of the most stressful tasks of students is to pass each examination they have to face. The respondents of this study were from two sections of General Psychology class of the Philippine Merchant Marine School. From one section, out of thirty-two students, thirty were selected. Similarly, from the second section, thirty from forty students were selected as respondents of the study. To measure the level of stress, the researcher referred to Stress Assessment from Elizabeth Scott's "Your Guide to Stress Management" and from "Understanding Stress: Signs, Symptoms, Cause, and Effects". It consists of fourteen items modified and suited for the purpose of the study. To measure the performance in General Psychology Test, two sets of teacher-made test, each consisting of thirty questions were used which were given on two separate occasions. The data were gathered and interpreted using appropriate statistical tools.