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Your brain on music

A Free, Fun, Fast Assessment Strategy

Presented by:

Susan Homan, Ph.DProfessor Emeritus, USF College of Education

Your brain

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Your Students Unstoppable

“Through reading you can open the universe.

Through music you can reach anybody.

With both you are unstoppable.”

~ Grace Slick

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Update on Research:

“Music, rhythm and the brain”

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• Utrecht University in the Netherlands - auditory imagery

• Uppsala University, Sweden - music, emotions and learning

• Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare - music for brain-surgery patients

• Unpublished dissertation - drumming benefits ADD and ADHD student learning

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Revisiting the Definition of Melodic Learning:

Melodic Learning

1. a multi-modal method of learning (both oral and aural)

2. using the key elements of singing: pitch, rhythm & rhyme

3. facilitate the capture, storage and retrieval of information

4. LEARNING

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Most Recent Research on:

• The Bahamas• Hernando County, Florida

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Hernando County, Florida(F.A.I.R. testing improvement before/after TiR)

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How Can You Get

Melodic Learning into Your Classroom?

1. Singing improves reading skills

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2. Research supports music improving literacy

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ELP cannot give Tune in to Reading away free,

but you may be able to qualify for a free trial

if you can get principal buy-in.

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For more information contact:

Susan Homan, Ph.D. homan@usf.edu

Ann Kay AnnCKay@comcast.net

Electronic Learning Products, Inc.info@ELPcorp.com

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