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ABSTRACT

Behaviourists such as Skinner believed that change in behaviour hinges on external forces from a learner’s environment than the learner’s internal factors. Learners have peculiar issues when it comes to learning music. Some of them have issues with rhythm or tone levels. The traditional method of standing in front of students to deliver class lessons as one would a sermon is unhelpful in this regard. The learners require practical modelling and active participation. While some learners may have innate responses to musical sounds, the motivation and models for imitation they get or do not get decides their learning of music in their class lessons. This paper, therefore, proposes the use of learner-inclusive class performance during keyboard lessons in Basic two as a conscious effort to apply Skinner’s Operant conditioning theory. A survey method was used to gather various information that informed the applications and suggestions in this paper. The researcher carried out applied this in a practical classroom situation to determine its present-hour authenticity.