Correlation Between Music and Concentration Among Gifted and Talented Students

Listening to music while studying has become a common practice among students. Some students believe that it will improve their curricular efficiency, while some researchers disagree with this notion. The goal of this study is to discover the different forms of music and how they affected the degree of attention among gifted children. Through a random sampling method, 200 students from PERMATA Insan College, Islamic Science University of Malaysia aged between 13 to 17 years old were chosen to participate in this study. Data collection is done through a 30-question questionnaire-based survey established by the researchers. Students were asked to state their preference for each music sample that may help them concentrate while studying. The students showed the strongest preference towards pop music (mean=3.945), while they least preferred rock music (mean=2.842). The highest correlation coefficient is between rock and hiphop (r=0.712) while the lowest is between pop and jazz (r=0.223). This research concludes that listening to different types of music has an impact on the degree of attention among students. These findings have the potential to provide light on the connection between music and students' concentration and to guide the development of methods aimed at boosting concentration in the classroom