Investigation of the individual instrument lesson motivation levels of high school fine arts students in terms of various variables

In this research, it was aimed to examine the individual instrument lesson motivation levels of fine arts high school music department students in terms of class, gender and instrument type. In this study, the screening model, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The study group was composed of 243 students from Hatay Bedii Sabuncu Fine Arts High School, Adana Çukurova Fine Arts High School and Mersin Nevit Kodallı Fine Arts High School music department who volunteered to participate in the research. As data collection tools, students of gender, grade level, and individual instrument information as "demographic information form" to determine their level of motivation of students with bunch of Girgin (2015) that had developed "individual instrument lessons Motivation Scale" were used. The questionnaires applied in the research were applied face-to-face. The relevant analyzes of the data obtained through the individual instrument lesson motivation scale and demographic information form were made, arranged in tables and interpreted. As a result of the research, it was found that the students of the music department of fine arts high school had a high level of individual instrument lesson motivation, very low level of demotivation sub-dimension scores, very high level of achievement and study motivation sub-dimension scores. When looked at according to demographic variables, the students' individual instrument lesson motivation scale and sub-dimension scores did not differ significantly according to gender; achievement and study motivation sub-dimension scores did not differ significantly according to class level; it was concluded that the individual instrument lesson motivation scale and sub-dimension scores did not differ significantly according to the individual instrument played. It was found that the scores of the demotivation sub-dimension and individual instrument lesson motivation scale showed significant differences according to the grade level. Accordingly, 12. the demotivation score of the students studying in the classroom is 9. according to the scores of the students studying in the classroom, it is significantly higher and 9. the individual instrument lesson motivation scale score of the students studying in the classroom, 12. it was found that it was significantly higher compared to the scores of students studying in the classroom.