Music in the teaching-learning process of children: Influence on psychomotricity and concentration

Authors

  • Darley Jhosue Burgos Angulo
  • Erika Katherine Álvarez Vera
  • Julio Ildefonso Rosero Mendoza
  • Alex Arturo Perlaza Estupiñan
  • Karla Magdalena Game Mendoza
  • Luis Fernando Poma Barragán

Keywords:

music, psychomotor skills, concentration, children

Abstract

Introduction: Music is the art of combining sounds harmonically that motivate the subject according to his tastes and preferences, being a method used in the teaching-educational processes to favor the effectiveness of learning. Its application in the processes of concentration and motor development can exert a positive influence, being necessary to determine the assumptions that limit or favor its effects in a given process.      

Objective: To determine the influence of music on several components of psychomotor development and concentration in children (8-10 years old).

Methods: A quasi-experimental research was carried out, selecting two independent groups (Experimental Group: 40 subjects; Control Group: 41 subjects) of children (8-10 years old) under a non-probabilistic intentional sampling, applying a musical background in the experimental group, and evaluating 6 psychomotor variables and the level of concentration in both groups.

Results: No significant differences were evidenced in the level of concentration between independent groups (p=0.946), while three psychomotor variables did present significant differences (CDM: p=0.000; CDG: p=0.014 and MS: p=0.014), and three psychomotor variables did not present significant differences (CE: p=0.573; RM: p=0.720 and AS: p=0.444).

Conclusions: Favorable results were presented in the psychomotor aspect in 3 variables analyzed, and not significant in the other 3 variables, showing that in those psychomotor variables where the integral coordination pattern has greater relevance, music favors the related muscular movements. However, the influence of music on concentration was not satisfactory, showing the need to deepen the results.

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Published

2023-04-12

How to Cite

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Burgos Angulo DJ, Álvarez Vera EK, Rosero Mendoza JI, Perlaza Estupiñan AA, Game Mendoza KM, Poma Barragán LF. Music in the teaching-learning process of children: Influence on psychomotricity and concentration. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 12 [cited 2025 Jul. 27];42(1). Available from: https://revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/2802

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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES