M.A. Thesis:

The impact of music on creativity and motivation in the fourth grade of elementary school girls city of Sabzevar

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of music on creativity and motivation of students in the fourth grade elementry school of Sabzevar. The present study was applied in a practical and semi experimental way and used a pretest-posttest with a control group. The population of this study included all students in fourth gradeelementry school ofSabzevar in 2015-2016. The sampling method was chosen randomly based on multi-stage cluster from elementary schools for girls. In this case, two classes were randomly selected from the selected school. One of these classes was randomly selected as a control group and another as anexperimental group. The number of students was 30in each class, and the total number of sample was 60. The pre-test was performed based on Schaefer's creativity attitude and Hermann's achievement motivationafter selecting the sample group and dividing them into experimental and control groups in a same time. There were 10 sessions for experimental groupincluded rhythmic music for 20 minutes. There was not any treatmentfor the control group. The post testconducted for both groups after the treatment. Data analyzed by usingSPSS software (version 23) included descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, percentage) and multivariate covariance analysis. The research findings showed that music increased creativity and its components, but it has no effecton the achievement motivation

Keywords: music, creativity, achievement motivation