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BENEFITS OF THE STUDY OF MUSICBenefit two: The study of music helps students develop intelligence.
A research team
exploring the link between music and intelligence reported that music training
is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children’s
abstract reasoning skills, the skills necessary for learning math and science.
Students in two Rhode
Island elementary schools who were given an enriched, sequential, skill-building
music program showed marked improvement in reading and math skills. Students in
the enriched program who had started out behind the control group caught up to
statistical equality in reading, and pulled ahead in math. A McGill University study found that pattern recognition and mental representation scores improved significantly for students given piano instruction over a three-year period. They also found that self-esteem and musical skills measure improved for the students given piano instruction.
In the kindergarten
classes of the school district of Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin, children who were
given music instruction scored 48 percent higher on spatial-temporal skill test
than those who did not receive music training.
Information
provided by MENC: The National Association for Music Education, NAMM: The
International Music Products Association and NSBA: The National School Boards
Association.
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