@article{2018,title={RESEARCH ON THE COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF THE ORFF APPROACH IN ELEMENTARY MUSIC APPLICATIONS},abstractNode={The purpose of this research is to put forward whether the elementary music applications focused on the Orff approach has made a difference in terms of communication skills of pre-school children between the ages of 5 and 6 years. In accordance with the purpose a pre-test and post-test one-group weak experimental research modal was used. The research has been completed by applying three times a week for forty-five minutes in a 6-week period on 14 children who have not received Orff approached music education before. The activities performed are sequenced in 8 units; Introducing the children, Dance and applause, Ali father has a farm, Game of passing a ball to one side, Body percussion, Snake dance and game, Rhythmic and military walk and Playing instruments together. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test was applied to compare the mean scores of 4 subscales belonging to the pre-test and post-test groups of the experiment. Significant differences were found between the pre-test and post-test scores of the children. As a result, it was determined that the Orff approach in elementary music education produced a meaningful difference in terms of communication skills between 5-6 years old children.},author={Levent Mert DÖNMEZ-- H. Seval KÖSE},year={2018},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}