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Music Education Helps at-Risk Kids Stay in School
A recent study by Dr. Frances H. Rauscher of the University of Wisconsin found that at-risk children scored better in spatial and temporal reasoning skills when they received training in rhythm, piano and singing.
Music Education Improves IQ
A study by Dr. E. Glenn Schellenberg of the University of Toronto confirmed that children receiving voice or piano lessons showed significant improvements in IQ compared with children who did not receive music instruction.
Music Improves Self Esteem
According to O.F. Lillemyr of the Norwegien Research Council for Science and the Humanities, there is a high correlation between positive self-perception, high cognitive competence score, healthy self-esteem, total interest and school involvement, and the study of music.
Music Influences Kids to Stay in School
According to the Centre for Music Research, Florida State University, 1990, courses in music positively influenced the decisions of high school students tracked not to drop out of school .
Music Helps Non-traditional Learners
Dr. Lassar Golkin found that children who were unable to learn concepts in a verbal school setting were able to learn the same concepts through these same kinds of (singing) street play and games. He developed the Interdependent Learning Model (ILM), which brings music games into schools for the purpose of teaching academic skills and content (California State University, Fullerton).
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