A technological transformation in music talent exams: A Start for smart technology with the BILSEM music diagnostic exam post-2018

Abstract

Science and Art Centers (SAC-BILSEM) are educational institutions opened to make gifted students, educated under the Ministry of National Education, discover their individual talents and develop their capacities to use at the highest level after they are selected in art, music, and general mental ability. Different applications were made before 2018 to identify students with musical talent as one of the talents in BILSEM institutions. These applications, which have changed over time, have caused various problems to arise in different dimensions. In the course of the workshops held under the Ministry, these problems were discussed with the participation of the experts and a new diagnostic approach was tried to be found with the solution recommended. This search resulted in a new BILSEM Music Diagnostic Exam that combined dynamics such as contemporary special talent theories, objective measurement and evaluation principles, equal opportunities with the opportunities offered by music technology and was applied for the first time in Turkey with its original content in 2018. This exam will also make possible new opportunities with the use of smart technologies in the future. This study aims to introduce the technological transformation-based development process, content and applications of the BILSEM Music Diagnostic Exam after 2018.