Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to 1) compare the interests among female grade 1-3 students in the experimental group between the pre-test, post-test and follow-up test periods. 2) compare the interests among female grade 1-3 students between the experimental group and the control group. in the post-test phase and the follow-up test phase. The sample group consisted of 36 female grade 1-3 students from a private school, aged 6-9 years, divided into 2 groups: an experimental group of 18 students and a control group of 18 students. The experimental group received the jungle music based on gestalt's theory program, 8 times, 50 minutes each, while the control group received the normal method. Data were collected from the experimental results in three phases: a pre-test phase, a post-test phase, and a 3-week follow-up phase. Data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance, one between-subjects variable and one within-subjects variable and compared in pairs using Bonferroni's method. The results of the research found that 1) The experimental group had higher AC scores in the post-test and follow-up tests than the pre-test and higher than the control group in both the post-test and follow-up tests, at a statistical significance of .05. 2) The experimental group had lower RT scores in the follow-up test than in the post-test and lower than the control group in the post-test and follow-up tests, at a statistical significance of .05. level. It can be concluded that the jungle music based on gestalt's theory program is effective in increasing the attention of female grade 1-3 students.