The Effect of Cooperative Learning in Performing Polyphonic Choral Work

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of polyphonic piece practices using the "let's learn together" technique, one of the cooperative learning methods. The research design is one of the quasi-experimental models; pre-test-post-test paired control group experimental design. The research was conducted with 28 students from 10th grade music students who received polyphonic choir education at Trabzon Akçaabat Fine Arts High School. Experimental and control group performances were recorded with a voice recorder. The data collection tools of the study were the polyphonic choir education performance evaluation rubric developed by the researcher by taking expert opinion. A statistical package programme was used to analyse the data. In the study, the reliability of inter-rater agreement was tested by calculating Krippendorff's Alpha coefficient and the post-test scores of the experimental and control groups were compared by Mann Whitney U test. According to the results of the study, no statistically significant difference was found between the experimental and control groups in the polyphonic piece practices using the "let's learn together" technique, one of the cooperative learning methods. This result was compared with different results in the literature in the discussion section and possible reasons were stated and suggestions for future studies were presented.