What does Music Education actually do?
Music majors are the most likely college grads to be admitted to Medical School.~ Lewis Thomas,
The case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa
A study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest reading scores among all majors including English, biology, chemistry, and math. ~ The Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa
Students exposed to music-based lessons scored a full 100% higher on fractions tests than those who learned conventionally.-Neurological Research and Music Education Statistics
The schools that produce the highest academic achievement in the United States today are spending 20% to 30% of the day on the arts, with special emphasis on music. International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement Lewis Thomas, physician, and biologist, found that music majors comprise the highest percentage of accepted medical students at 66%.
“The Case for Music in the Schools,” Phi Delta Kappa"
Research made between music and intelligence concluded that music training is far greater than computer instruction in improving children’s abstract reasoning skills. - Neurological Research, Vol. 19 Children who study music tend to have larger vocabularies and more advanced reading skills than their peers who do not participate in music lessons
(Arete Music Academy. "Statistical benefits of music in education." Arete Music Academy. Accessed July 17, 2014)
African-American parents (76 percent) and Hispanic parents (75 percent) are significantly more likely than Caucasian parents (67 percent) to enroll their children in school music classes where opportunities exist, and they are more interested in their children participating in virtually every type of music class in or out of school (NAMM Foundation and Grunwald Associates LLC, 2015. Striking a Chord: The Public’s Hopes and Beliefs for K–12 Music Education in the United States: 2015).
Learning a musical language could have cognitive benefits similar to those evident in bilingual children. Although this view has intuitive appeal because music and language are both auditory communication systems, the positive effects of bilingualism are evident for fluid intelligence (i.e., executive control) but not for crystallized intelligence (e.g., knowledge acquired through experience, such as vocabulary), whereas the effects of music lessons appear to extend to both domains (E. Glenn Schellenberg, "Music and Cognitive Abilities," Current Directions in Psychological Science Journal, Vol. 14, No. 6, December 2005).
Music majors are the most likely college grads to be admitted to Medical School.~ Lewis Thomas,
The case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa
A study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest reading scores among all majors including English, biology, chemistry, and math. ~ The Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa
Students exposed to music-based lessons scored a full 100% higher on fractions tests than those who learned conventionally.-Neurological Research and Music Education Statistics
The schools that produce the highest academic achievement in the United States today are spending 20% to 30% of the day on the arts, with special emphasis on music. International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement Lewis Thomas, physician, and biologist, found that music majors comprise the highest percentage of accepted medical students at 66%.
“The Case for Music in the Schools,” Phi Delta Kappa"
Research made between music and intelligence concluded that music training is far greater than computer instruction in improving children’s abstract reasoning skills. - Neurological Research, Vol. 19 Children who study music tend to have larger vocabularies and more advanced reading skills than their peers who do not participate in music lessons
(Arete Music Academy. "Statistical benefits of music in education." Arete Music Academy. Accessed July 17, 2014)
African-American parents (76 percent) and Hispanic parents (75 percent) are significantly more likely than Caucasian parents (67 percent) to enroll their children in school music classes where opportunities exist, and they are more interested in their children participating in virtually every type of music class in or out of school (NAMM Foundation and Grunwald Associates LLC, 2015. Striking a Chord: The Public’s Hopes and Beliefs for K–12 Music Education in the United States: 2015).
Learning a musical language could have cognitive benefits similar to those evident in bilingual children. Although this view has intuitive appeal because music and language are both auditory communication systems, the positive effects of bilingualism are evident for fluid intelligence (i.e., executive control) but not for crystallized intelligence (e.g., knowledge acquired through experience, such as vocabulary), whereas the effects of music lessons appear to extend to both domains (E. Glenn Schellenberg, "Music and Cognitive Abilities," Current Directions in Psychological Science Journal, Vol. 14, No. 6, December 2005).