Researchers in Canada found that after the music lessons (whether voice or keyboard) children increased their IQ when compared with those in the drama and control groups. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Category: Research
Linking music with other learning areas
Michael Griffin, author of ‘Learning Strategies for Musical Success’ has explored the connections between music and other Gardner-listed multiple intelligences. To read more, click anywhere on this excerpt.
Music helps stroke patients learn to speak again
The Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess & Harvard Medical School researches the use of music and musical stimuli as an interventional tool for educational and therapeutic purposes.
The power of music: its impact on intellectual, social and personal development
In August 2010, Professor Susan Hallam of the Institute of Education at the University of London, published an overview paper on the impact of music on intellectual, personal and social development. She concludes that playing an instrument can lead to a sense of achievement; an increase in self-esteem; increased confidence; self-discipline; and provide a means of self-expression. While participating in musical groups promotes friendships; social skills; a sense of belonging; team-work; co-operation; commitment; mutual support; increased concentration and provides an outlet for relaxation. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Adolescents involved with music do better in school
Adolescents involved with music do better in school according to research by The Ohio State University. Taking part in music lessons in or out of school, and parents attending concerts with their children, has a positive effect on reading and mathematic achievement. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
The Glee Effect? More Americans say music education prepares people for their careers and problem solving
A Harris Poll reported that music education provides skills that people may need for success in a job or career outside of music, eg working towards common goals, striving for individual excellence in a group setting, and providing them with a disciplined approach to solving problems. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
High performing students do even better if they are enrolled in ongoing music classes
Research from Quebec in Canada, by Harvard University, found that high-performing students did even better when they were enrolled in ongoing music classes. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Musical children likely to be better with words too
A study by Northwestern University, led by Dr Nina Kraus, found that musical ability is biologically linked to literacy. Children – aged between 8 and 13 – who performed well in reading tests were also good at discerning rhythm and tone, and they also did better than average in tests of verbal memory. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Playing music protects memory, hearing and brain processing
A study by Dr Nina Kraus’s Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University, showed that musicians suffer less from ageing-related memory and hearing losses than non-musicians. It is believed to be the first study to provide biological evidence that lifelong musical experience has a good impact on the ageing process. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Instrumental music training boosts verbal memory
A study led by Ingo Roden of Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, Germany found that young children who took instrumental music lessons did better than their peers on verbal memory tests. For more click anywhere on this excerpt …
Group music sessions may boost empathy in children
Researchers from Cambridge University have found that regularly playing music in groups may improve children’s ability to empathise with others. They compared empathy skills in children who played weekly music-based games for a year with those who did not. The musical group scored higher in end-of-year tests of how well they recognised other people’s emotions. Click anywhere to read more …
Listening to music may improve a baby’s language skills
Adding music to a baby’s playtime may sharpen its language skills and ability to process musical rhythms, according to researchers from the University of Washington, USA.
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