The investigation of academic achievement and school attitudes of the 6. grade students who are having and not having amateurish music education

The purpose of this study is to define the relationship, if there is, between sixth grade students cases of having or not having amateurish music education and their academic achievements and attitudes towards school.The study, which is a scanning model, has a universe consisting of sixth grade students and a sample group consisting of sixth grade students who are attending 8 different schools from 4 different districts situated inside the borders of the city Ankara. The attitudes of the students towards school were determined by using a School Attitude Scale which was created and developed for this study and the academic achievements were assessed by the students repord cards of the related year. The data connected with the students situations of having amateurish music education were gathered from the related questions located in the "personal information" section of the School Attitude Scale. Obtained data was compared and evaluated using statistichal techniques suitable for the goals of the study.In the findings, it was determined that the situation of having amateurish music education differed according to the levels of education and income of the parents. Academic achievements and school attitudes of the students who had amateurish music education depended on what field of music they were educated in, for how many years they have been instructed and how many hours a week they have been having lessons. Yet, significant difference was found between music and non-music students academic achievements and school attitudes. Music students have higher academic achievement and more positive school attitudes than non-music students with respect to the final findings.