In high school, music builds more than musicians
Practice, mistakes, and perseverance: how the growth mindset of a band student extends to academics and everyday challenges.
music & math
Music and art for whose sake, again?
Does taking band or other fine arts and music classes improve your scores on math tests? Maybe, esp. if you're at an affluent school.
Music processing linked to foreign language learning
The brain does better at processing auditory information in general when either a musical hobby or foreign language studies reinforce those parts of the brain,
Study links music achievement with other subjects
Music study can help a student's mind develop in all ways it can be developed, a new study from Kansas suggests. Don't sacrifice it.
Music lessons may reduce bullying of autistic kids
Collaborative music lessons in schools may help to reduce the bullying of autistic students, new research suggests.
The brain knows what music you’re listening to
Different brain waves are given off in the brain when we listen to different music (rock, jazz, classical). Exciting research—NOT.
Brain shaped by native language and music
Our brains develop based on stimuli they receive, and some of that includes auditory stimuli, or sounds: music, language, other noises.
Ga. Eagle Scout-to-be builds a marching band tower
Marching band brings benefits to students and is a powerful formative tool in instruction: academically and non-academically.
FAIL: Mythbusting about learning styles
We look, once again, at teen learning styles & propose that, while they are neuromyths, they can help instruction.
Background music is both positive and negative
Music affects us in many ways, but can it help us remember what we learn? Studies are equivocal on the question, and it may depend on the individual.