Effect of Using Alternative Assessment to Improve the Performance and Trends of students of Musical Education Regarding Playing and Singing Songs

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Department of Music Education, Faculty of Specific Education, Minia University

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Experts and specialists have directed many criticisms of the current traditional evaluation, the most important of which is that it focuses on lower levels of knowledge (remembering and memorizing) and neglecting higher levels of knowledge, and the current study is a practical study that aim at developing the performance and trends of the second-year students of Musical Education, through measuring the effect of using Some alternative assessment strategies on the curriculum of playing and singing songs. In addition, the researcher used the two-group experimental method (experimental and control). Moreover, to make sure of the correctness of the research hypothesis, the researcher designed two research instruments (an observation card and a trend scale). Furthermore, the researcher applied both instruments on the study sample.

The study outcomes showed the excel of the experimental group, upon which the alternative assessment was applied on the control group in both the skill application and the trend scale. Therefore, according to the outcomes, the researcher developed some recommendations and suggestions.

Key words: Effect, Alternative assessment, trend, playing and singing songs

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