The effect of video-recorded self-regulated learning on performance in guitar education

This study was done in order to increase the efficiency of the training process and to find the effect of video-recorded self-regulated learning on performance during the process of instrument playing training for classical guitar education that was conducted in the context of individual instrument education. The work was carried out with the students ( N=10) who were receiving education at The Fine Arts Faculty's Department of Musical Sciences of The University of Kırıkkale and taking The Instrument Education 1 (Guitar) lecture during the academic year of 2017-2018. In the study;of the experiental methods, focus group discussion and one control group pre-test post-test experimental pattern design ones were made use of. During the study period the students were divided into two different groups as an experimental (N=5) and a Control (N=5) group. An etude was taught to the students and they were asked to study on it and their performances were recorded on video for pre-test measurement one week later. Afterwards, The experimental group students were asked to apply the strategy of video-recorded self-regulatory learning during their guitar training processes meanwhile the control group students carried out their studies making use of traditional study strategies. at the end of the process, the students were recorded on video again for the post-test and the experimental data were gathered. The datas were scored by utilizing the performance observation form which was developed by Özdemir(2014). For the analysis of the gathered data, Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test for related group pre-test, post-test,unrelated group Mann Whitney U Test for the experimental/control groups were utilized. On the other hand, a focus group discussion was done in order to gather qualitative data regarding the application process with the experimental group students. Although there was no significant difference (p> .05) between experimental/control groups according to the results of the research, significant differences were found between the pre-test and post-test performance scores of the self-regulated learning performed by video recording in the guitar training instrumental study group in the experimental group (p <.05) supported by their views. The students belonging to the experimental group consider not only technical appearances but also their performances which they noticed as a whole with musical statements to be raising attention, saving time and providing motivation during their self-observation processes that they carried out by recording and watching with their mobile phones with built-in cameras. As a result of these findings, it is suggested that guitar students should watch themselves through video recording during the musical process and increase their awareness of their performances.