how music makes math easier
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Math project for PBL 2013-2014TRANSCRIPT
How Music Makes Math Easier
By: Austin Bynum
Listening to music in math lessons can dramatically improve children’s ability in the subject and help them score up to 40% higher in examinations, a new study has found.
Music helps students learn math
An innovative curriculum uses rhythm to teach fractions at a California school where students in a music-based program scored significantly higher on math tests than their peers who received regular instruction.
Music Rhythm Study
The researchers compared the test scores of lower-performing students in both groups and found that those who were taught the experimental music curriculum score 40% higher on the final fractions test compared to their lower performing peers in the regular math class.
Music Rhythm Study Continued
Reports and Studies
1999: Dr. Gordon Shaw, University of California-Irvine
Studies three groups of 2nd grade students1. Received piano lesson and used special
mathematics computer program2. Received English training and used special
mathematics computer program3. Received standard classroom instruction only
Reports and Studies Continued
1999: Dr. Gordon Shaw, University of California-Irvine
After 4 months of training, students were tested in ratios and fractions.
The first group that received piano lessons and used the math computer program scored 15%-41% highers than the other two groups.
Music Beats
Tapping out a beat may help students learn difficult fraction concepts, according to new findings due to be published in the Journal Educational Studies in Mathematics.
Check out some examples on the next slides
