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Attitudes and Motivation
 The national monitoring assessment programme recognises the impact of attitudinal and motivational factors on student achievement in individual assessment tasks. Students’ attitudes, interests and liking for a subject have a strong bearing on progress and learning outcomes. Students are influenced and shaped by the quality and style of curriculum delivery, the choice of content and the suitability of resources. Other important factors influencing students’ achievements are the expectations and support of significant people in their lives, the opportunities and experiences they have in and out of school, and the extent to which they have feelings of personal success and capability.

Music Survey
The national monitoring music survey sought information from students about their involvement in and enjoyment of music curriculum experiences at school. Students were also asked about their involvement in and enjoyment of music related activities out of school time. There are numerous research questions that could be asked when investigating student attitudes and engagement. In national monitoring it has been necessary to focus on a few key questions that give an overall impression of how students regard music in relation to themselves.

Each survey was administered in a session which included group and independent tasks. The surveys included 22 questions that could be responded to by ticking or circling a chosen response. Responses to these 22 questions are summarised in the large table below.

The most notable differences between Mäori students in general education and students in Mäori immersion programmes involves singing and listening to music. Students in Mäori immersion programmes reported greater involvement in singing both in and outside school, similarly, they expressed greater enjoyment of singing in school and out of school time. Students in Mäori immersion programmes spent less time listening to music out of school, and expressed lower levels of enjoyment of listening to music (in and out of school).

 
Music Survey
percentages — Mäori students in general education    Mäori Immersion students
w much do you like doing music at school?
1. How much do you like music at school?  43  49 45  35 8  10 4  6
a   lots  quite often sometimes never
2. How often do you do these things in music at school?
a. Singing
 12  30 42  40 42  28 4  2
b. Playing instruments
 15  17 23  5 47  58 15  20
c. Listening to music
 39  40 21  24 34  34 6  2
d. Dancing/moving to music
 17  13 22  33 43  31 18  23
e. Making up music
 10  9 16  24 44  39 30  28
a
3. How much do you like doing these things in music at school?
a. Singing
 33  56 38  32 19  10 10  2
b. Playing instruments
 50  39 32  39 12  20 6  2
c. Listening to music
 75  60 17  26 7  14 1  0
d. Dancing/moving to music
 33  37 34  30 21  19 12  14
e. Making up music
 24  24 40 27 25  29 11  20
  lots quite often sometimes never
4. How much time out of school do you do these things in music
a. Singing
 21  30 19  23 43  36 17  11
b. Playing instruments
 10  10 17  17 46  50 27  23
c. Listening to music
 61  47 24 18 12  29 3  6
d. Dancing/moving to music
 19  17 21  26 36  37 24  20
e. Making up music
 13  17 7  10 41  33 39  50
 
5. How much do you like doing these things out of school time?
a. Singing
 38  47 25  29 26  20 11  4
b. Playing instruments
 35  29 37  44 14  19 14  8
c. Listening to music
 86  53 13  23 0  22 1 2
d. Dancing/moving to music
 37  31 25  27 24  21 14  21
e. Making up music
 28  8 19  27 32  34 21  31
         
6. How do you feel about learning or doing more music as you get older?        
  52  41 35  53 9  4 4  2
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