The Mozart Effect:
The Mozart Effect Researchers at UC-Irvine publish a brief report about the relationship of music and spatial task performance
Listening to the Mozart sonata improved IQ score by 8-9 points
Effects are temporary
Spatial-Temporal Tasks:
Spatial-Temporal Tasks The ability to create, maintain, transform, and relate complex mental images.
Reasoning through time and space
Public Goes Bargain Hunting:
Public Goes Bargain Hunting
How Students Study:
How Students Study Must have background noise
Hip-Hop
Rap
TV
What Educators Think:
What Educators Think Many students have difficulty remembering
Many students experience test anxiety
Turn on, Tune in:
Turn on, Tune in Use music to introduce new concepts or vocabulary
Prime the brain for thinking with classical music
Start a connection to convert information to long-term memory
Action Plan:
Action Plan Develop a within subjects test to determine if certain kinds of music can stimulate short term memory in 6th grade students
Analyze data to determine if any effect is seen for the different treatments
Share results
References:
References
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