How Music Helps Students Succeed

  1. November 2014 http://bit.ly/musiciansbrains Musicians actually may have much more well-developed long-term memories than non-musicians.
  2. Michigan State University observed a group of its honors college graduates from 1990 to 1995 who majored in the STEM fields. Their research uncovered that of those students, the ones who owned businesses or filed patents had eight times the exposure to the arts as children than the general public. The researchers found 93 percent of the STEM graduates reported musical training at some point in their lives, as compared to only 34 percent of average adults, August 2013 http://bit.ly/MSU8xarts
  3. http://bit.ly/musiciansbrains “The benefit of music education for me is about being musical. It gives you have a better understanding of yourself. The horizons are higher when you are involved in music.… Your understanding of art and the world, and how you can think and express yourself, are enhanced.” — Dr. Eric Rasmussen, chair of the Early Childhood Music Department at the Peabody Preparatory ofThe Johns Hopkins University
  4. Trained musicians more efficiently switch from one mental task to another. October 2014 http://bit.ly/musiciansmultitask
  5. Students involved in quality music programs have shown: higher participation with lower drop out rates, higher scores on standardized testing, 22 percent better English scores, 20 percent better in math, and have demonstrated better problem solving skills.  August 2013 http://bit.ly/MSU8xarts
  6. Musically trained people process language a split second faster than those without training. November 2014 http://bit.ly/1aXXJiy
  7. A child’s ability to distinguish musical rhythm is related to his or her capacity for understanding grammar. November 2014 http://bit.ly/1aXXSm7
  8. The parts of the brain that process song also process speech. December 2014 http://bit.ly/1aXXSm7
  9. “Music programs can literally remodel children’s brains in a way that improves sound processing, which could lead to better learning and language skills.” — Nina Kraus of Northwestern University  September 2014 http://bit.ly/1aXXSm7
  10. Music training not only helps children develop fine motor skills, but aids emotional and behavioral maturation as well. September 2014 http://bit.ly/1Bk7Nwb
  11. Music activates multiple brain networks during music listening, responding and performance. August 2013 http://bit.ly/1aY5sgI
  12. The more a child trains on an instrument, it accelerates cortical organization in attention skill, anxiety management and emotional control. December 2014 http://bit.ly/1aY6utd
  13.  Music actually helps kids become more well-rounded. Not only that, musical training could serve as a powerful treatment of cognitive disorders like ADHD. December 2014 http://bit.ly/1aY6utd
  14. Music training “improves cognitive and non-cognitive skills more than twice as much as sports, theater or dance.” September 2013 http://bit.ly/1x99PtL
  15. “In terms of brain development, musical performance is every bit as important educationally as reading or writing.” — Oliver Sacks July 2009 http://bit.ly/1AXZPnz
  16. “Music provides unique and invaluable insights into the human condition. Music allows us to know, discover, understand,
 experience, share, or express such aspects of the human condition as feelings, aesthetic experiences, the ineffable, thoughts, structure, time and space, self- knowledge, self-identity, group identity, and healing and wholeness. If the purpose of an education is to systematically develop the mind and capabilities of every child, it is clear that music has a unique and necessary role to play.” — Donald A. Hodges 2005 http://bit.ly/1AbOhOl
  17. Music making has much to offer our understanding of the brain and the way its multiple systems can interact to produce benefits for mental health and social wellbeing, both by integrating our thinking and emotions and helping us connect with others. September 2013 http://bit.ly/1aY5sgI

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