Abstract—Music is the language of man’s soul. It has an
effect on the behavior and emotions of people of all ages. Music
helps create a more positive school environment. Many students
prefer to listen to music while studying because they believe it
helps them to focus on their work.
Hence, this study investigated the effectiveness of classical
music as background in reading story video using headset in
improving comprehension of students with multiple
intelligence.
In gathering the data, one section of the developmental
reading class (Ed109A) who are diverse learners with multiple
intelligence in the teacher education program served as the
respondents. There were fifty (50) students took the two sets of
comprehension test. First, they took the comprehension test as
well as the multiple intelligence in the ICT laboratory using the
video presentation with classical music background with
headset. Another type of comprehension test was conducted
through plain text printed in the paper. Students read the story
and answered the comprehension test without background of
classical music.
The results show that students who read the stories and
answered the comprehension examination with the use of
classical music as background in the story video , got higher
scores compared to the results of students taking the
comprehension test without the background of classical music.
Hence, findings revealed that students with multiple
intelligence in music could really comprehend effectively once
there is classical background music in the story video
presentation with the used of headset while reading the story
and analyzing the context.
Index Terms—Classical Music, Effectiveness, Multiple Intelligence, Video Comprehension Strategy.
Adelfa C. Silor is with Department of Professional Education MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology Iligan City, Philippines (e-mail: charm_adel@yahoo.com).
Cite: Adelfa C. Silor, "Effectiveness of Classical Music as Background in the Story Video Comprehension Strategy among Students with Multiple Intelligence," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 571-573, 2012.