by Mark Goff | Jan 28, 2016 | Music Truths
Students in top-quality instrumental programs scored 17% higher in mathematics than children in schools without a music program, and 33% higher in mathematics than students in a deficient choral program. ~ Journal for Research in Music Education, June 2007; Dr....
by Mark Goff | Jan 26, 2016 | Music Truths
Much like expert technical skills, mastery in arts and humanities is closely correlated to a greater understanding of language components. ~ Trei, Lisa. “Musical training helps language processing, studies show.” Stanford News. Accessed February 24,...
by Mark Goff | Jan 25, 2016 | Music Truths
Children with learning disabilities or dyslexia who tend to lose focus with more noise could benefit greatly from music lessons. ~ Arete Music Academy. “Statistical benefits of music in education.” Arete Music Academy. Accessed July 17,...
by Mark Goff | Jan 22, 2016 | Music Truths
Early childhood training in instrumental music improves the ability to pay attention–visual focus, active listening, and staying on task. ~ Neville, H., et al. (2008). Effects of Music Training on Brain and Cognitive Development in Under-privileged 3- to...
by Mark Goff | Jan 21, 2016 | Music Truths
Musically trained children performed better in a memory test that is correlated with general intelligence skills such as literacy, verbal memory, visuospatial processing, mathematics, and IQ. ~ Dr. Laurel Trainor, Prof. of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior at...
