THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSICAL AUDIATION AND MATHEMATICAL PERFORMANCE IN SECOND GRADE CHILDREN IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Authors

  • Giannis Manginas University of Western Macedonia, Department of Primary Education, Florina, Greece
  • Constantinos Nikolantonakis University of Western Macedonia, Department of Primary Education, Florina, Greece
  • Spyridoula Gounaropoulou University of Western Macedonia, Department of Early Childhood Education, Florina, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.2042

Keywords:

musical audiation, elementary musical audiation measurements, mathematical performance, prediction of mathematical performance

Abstract

This research attempts to determine the relationship between musical Audiation and mathematical performance in second grade children. 36 children (N = 36) participated in the survey, 15 of whom were boys (N = 15) and 21 were girls (N = 21). For the assessment of musical audiation, Gordon's “Elementary Musical Audiation Measures” (Stamou, Schmidt & Humphreys, 2006) and a mathematical performance appraisal tool for second grade students were used by the researchers. The results showed a strong relationship between the overall performance of the musical Audiation and the mathematical performance, while also being a significant predictive factor. According to the results, the gender factor does not seem to be of any importance in the students' performance.

 

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  • Giannis Manginas, University of Western Macedonia, Department of Primary Education, Florina, Greece

    Giannis Manginas is a teacher of special education and is currently teaching at the 1st Elementary School of Filippiada, Preveza (Greece). He graduated from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Primary Education. He has completed postgraduate studies in special education at the University of Ioannina (Greece). He specialized in the analysis of cognitive language learning and dyslexia at the University of Patras, Department of Primary Education (Greece). He also specialized in the creation of educational material for students with mild intellectual disability in the Communication and Mass Media Department of the University of Athens. He obtained a master's degree from the University of Thessaly (Greece). The graduation thesis was concerned with the teaching of mathematics to students with intellectual disabilities through innovative approaches. He obtained a master's degree in bilingual special education and training from the Department of Early Childhood Education of the University of Western Macedonia (Greece). The graduation thesis was concerned with the teaching of mathematics to students with mild intellectual disabilities through the use of new technologies. He has been an instructor of primary and secondary education teachers, during seminars organized by the Greek Institute of Education and the University of Patras. His papers on education have been published in scientific journals.

  • Constantinos Nikolantonakis, University of Western Macedonia, Department of Primary Education, Florina, Greece

    Constantinos Nikolantonakis holds a Bsc in Mathematics from the Mathematics Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He holds a DEA and PhD in the Epistemology and History of Exact Sciences from Paris-7 University. At present he is Associate Professor in the Department of Primary Education at the University of Western Macedonia, where he teaches at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has published several papers in the field of Didactics of Mathematics, History and Epistemology of Mathematics and Mathematics Education in International journals and Proceedings.

  • Spyridoula Gounaropoulou, University of Western Macedonia, Department of Early Childhood Education, Florina, Greece

    Spyridoula Gounaropoulou is a teacher of special education. She graduated from the University of Patras, Department of Primary Education (Greece). The graduation thesis was concerned with burnout and job satisfaction of primary teachers in Patras. She has completed her postgraduate studies in special education at the University of Macedonia, Department of Educational and Social Policy. The graduation thesis was concerned with the relationship between music audiation and phonemic discrimination in typical developing children and children with special education needs. She had been a member instructor in Mouses Program, a musical educational program for children with disabilities at the University of Macedonia.

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