編製兒童溝通發展音樂評量表之前導研究

本研究旨在透過音樂和溝通概念的整合，編製適用於兒童接收性和表達性溝通發展之音樂評量表，除了瞭解一般兒童和特殊兒童之溝通能力年齡水準，增進評估的多元性，也亟盼為溝通困難兒童提供教學或介入設計之依據。本研究採用混合方法研究（mixed methods research）之「探索式研究」（exploratory research）中的「工具發展模式」，首先進行相關文獻的質性探索與分析，建立評量的向度與年齡指標，依此指引評量表音樂活動的發展，再藉由小型樣本施測和九位專家的審核建立良好的內容效度，並經由立意取樣選取49位一般兒童以及10位特殊兒童進行預試，提出具顯著水準的效標關聯效度和評分者間信度，也獲得可預測的決定係數，說明研究者自編之兒童溝通發展音樂評量表可有效預測一般兒童的溝通能力。同時針對評量表之應用與結果，也提出研究限制和未來的建議。

關鍵字

音樂；接收性和表達性溝通發展；評量

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to establish the musical assessment of the receptive and expressive communication development for children through integrating the concepts of music and communication. It was designed to measure the age level of communication ability of children with and without disabilities, to enrich the variety of assessment tools and to provide the foundation of teaching or the intervention for children with communication difficulties. The instrument development model of the exploratory research in the mixed method research was adopted for this study. First, literature review and inductive method were used to build scale dimensions and ages index for general children's communication ability. Second, music activities were created. Third, the content validity was examined by a small group of general children and 9 professionals. Finally, forty-night general children and 10 children with special needs were recruited to establish criterion-related validity and inter-rater reliability. The coefficient of determination was obtained to explain that the self-designed assessment can effectively predict the general communication skills of children. The limitation and suggestions are also delineated for future researchers.