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students scored in the average range which increased to 71% after music therapy.
This led the researcher to consider how the students’ perception of their behaviour
might differ from the actual recorded number of incidents and to measuring the
correlation between the two.
6.2.3.1 Correlation between perceived and actual disruptive behaviour
The data from the teachers’ logs of incidents for the periods between each data
collection are shown in figure 6.2.3.3.
Figure 6.2.3.3 Number of incidents recorded for students
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Total number of incidents
80
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Jan - July 2010 Sep - April 2011 April 2011- July 2011
Dates of project
These results show that there were fewer incidents recorded for students in group A,
who were having music therapy, than for those in group B who were not. When their
music therapy finished, the number of incidents for the students in group A then
increased by 17% which suggests that behaviour can deteriorate after students have
finished having music therapy.
Once students in group B had finished music therapy the number of incidents
recorded for them decreased dramatically and group A showed a similar change.
However, the period between April and July is shorter (four months compared to six
months) and some of the year 11 pupils had left school by this time so a smaller
number of incidents would be expected.
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