World of Music
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Approach:  Station
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Identifying different styles of music  
Resources:
Computer program on laptop computer
FRAME 224Kb
Questions/instructions:  

This activity uses the computer.

Click on the button that says World of Music.
[Nine buttons on screen; a piece of music plays until student clicks on a button to define the type then next piece plays, etc.]

voiceover: You are going to hear nine pieces of music.
After you hear each piece, click one button that tells what kind of music it is. There are nine buttons:
Samoan church music
Waiata tangi (song for sad times)
Waiata poi (song for poi)
Brass band
Symphony orchestra		 Jazz band
Hip hop song
Folk song
Opera song
World of Music
 
% responses
2008 ('04)
y4
y8
Piece 1: hip hop 61 (67) 88 (87)
Piece 2: opera song 45 (43) 74 (73)
Piece 3: folk song 21 (21) 58 (58)
Piece 4: waiata tangi 35 (45) 72 (74)
Piece 5: waiata poi 39 (43) 64 (64)
Piece 6: Samoan church music 27 (25) 53 (53)
Piece 7: jazz band 34 (35) 61 (59)
Piece 8: symphony orchestra 24 (29) 49 (54)
Piece 9: brass band 24 (28) 48 (52)

Total score:
 8–9 3 (4) 21 (25)
6–7 15 (14) 38 (37)
4–5 23 (29) 24 (19)
2–3 29 (27) 10 (10)
0–1 30 (26)
7 (9)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
Year 8 students displayed generally higher knowledge of different musical styles than year 4 students. Pakeha and Mäori students performed very similarly, with Pasifika students rather lower, especially at year 4 level. Students performed similarly in 2004 and 2008.