The study was based on an experiment comprised of 40 children, aged 5 to 6, to study the influence of short-term multiple intelligences training on children’s music appreciation ability. The experiment included a tes...The study was based on an experiment comprised of 40 children, aged 5 to 6, to study the influence of short-term multiple intelligences training on children’s music appreciation ability. The experiment included a test composed of 20 melodies, all of which were adapted from a baseline melody but with variations in the pitch and rhythm. Subjects were asked to discriminate (not identify) whether the pitch and rhythm of the 20 melodies were the same as the baseline melody. Their scores were then calculated according to their answers. The experiment showed that after training, the experiment group achieved slightly higher scores than the control group in terms of rhythm discrimination. The experiment group exhibited no improvement concerning pitch discrimination after intelligence training. The study showed that the 10-week multiple intelligence training did not greatly improve children’s music appreciation ability, especially in terms of pitch discrimination.展开更多
文摘The study was based on an experiment comprised of 40 children, aged 5 to 6, to study the influence of short-term multiple intelligences training on children’s music appreciation ability. The experiment included a test composed of 20 melodies, all of which were adapted from a baseline melody but with variations in the pitch and rhythm. Subjects were asked to discriminate (not identify) whether the pitch and rhythm of the 20 melodies were the same as the baseline melody. Their scores were then calculated according to their answers. The experiment showed that after training, the experiment group achieved slightly higher scores than the control group in terms of rhythm discrimination. The experiment group exhibited no improvement concerning pitch discrimination after intelligence training. The study showed that the 10-week multiple intelligence training did not greatly improve children’s music appreciation ability, especially in terms of pitch discrimination.
