Music Advocacy Facts
A four-week case study of two fourth grade boys classified as "emotionally disturbed" found that they increased their writing skills by two letter grades by writing while listening to music. Word counts increased from 5 to 40 for one student and 9 to 92 for the other student. The students reported that listening to the music: made them feel more positive about writing, made writing exciting, and helped them stay focused while writing. The students were also observed to be more focused while writing to music than without music.
From: "An Investigation of the Effects of Music on Two Emotionally Disturbed Students' Writing Motivations and Writing Skills," Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Mid-South Research Association, New Orleans, LA, November 4-6, 1998
Available here: The Arts Education Partnership - Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development
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