%0 Journal Article %T An analysis of using levels of learning strategies according to some variables in learning piano repertoire: Example of Fine Arts and Sports Schools %A Mehtap Ayd£¿ner Uygun %A £¿zlem K£¿l£¿n£¿er %J International Journal of Human Sciences %D 2012 %I International Journal of Human Sciences %X The purpose of this study is to examine the learning strategies, which fine arts and sports schools music department (G.S.S.L.) students¡¯ use, in terms of some variables while learning piano repertoire. These variables are the opinions related with sex, the fine arts and sports school in which the training is done, the class, the weekly time period allocated for the study of piano course, type of planning the working time, the place where the piano studies are done, the situation of getting assistance to piano course from outside the school and presence of a family member who is interested in music, and piano courses. The sample group of the study is the 644 students who are studying in the music department of fine arts and sports high schools in Turkey in the first semester of 2011 - 2012 school year. In this study, the data, related with the level of the sample group of students to use learning strategies, has been collected through the " Scale of the Situations of Using Learning Strategies in Teaching Piano Repertoire" developed by K l n er and Ayd ner Uygun (2011). As the data shows compliance with the normal distribution, One-Way Analysis of Variance (One-Way ANOVA) was used in the comparisons between the using levels of learning strategies and variables specified in the study. The findings from the analysis have been interpreted by taking 0.01 and 0.05 meaningfulness level into consideration. According to the results of the study; at the highest level ( = 3.89) replication strategies, at the lowest level ( = 2.82) attention strategies was determined using in learning of piano repertoire. In addition, the differences in the result of the comparisons between the using levels of learning strategies and each variable specified in the study have been found meaningful (p <0.01, p <0.05). %K Fine arts and sports schools (G.S.S.L.) %K piano lessons %K piano repertoire %K learning strategies. %U http://www.insanbilimleri.com/ojs/index.php/uib/article/view/2241