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Musical Training

Its benefits and Applications 
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Research Questions (2)

  • How does musical training affect cognitive development and performance in children?
  • How can schools increase these effects inside and outside the music classroom?
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Cognitive Benefits

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General Benefits

  • Executive Function
  • Enhanced White Matter
  • Increased Efficiency
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Langauge Processing (6)

  • HUGE Benefits
  • Enhanced Auditory System
  • Increased Verbal Memory

Academic Relations

applying the assets to school 
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Music, Language, and History (8)

  • Literacy
  • Pronunciation in Second Language
  • Phonetics and Spelling
  • Writing and Print Awareness
  • Reading Skills are applied to History
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Music, Math and Science (9)

  • Debatable
  • Increased Blood Flow to Left Hemisphere
  • Higher Spatial Capacity
  • Pattern Recognition and Logic

Emotional Aspects (10)

  • Higher Self-Esteem and EQ
  • Thicker Gray Matter
  • Cooperation Skills
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MUSIC CLASS IMPROVEMENT

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Preschool Music

  • Beat and Rhythm
  • Listening Critically
  • Notation and Technique
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Secondary Music Class

  • Engaging Students at All Levels
  • Encouraging Creativity
  • Music Relativity Discussion

Music Integration

in the conventional classroom 
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purpose and application

  • Frequent Music Exposure
  • Retain Information
  • Positive Atmosphere
  • Encourage Creativity
  • Applying Assets
  • Forming Bonds
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Conclusion

  • Lots of benefits from musical training
  • Benefits are tools for academic success
  • Improving the music and traditional classrooms increases the benefits
  • Music programs in schools are a must!
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Possible Products

  • Website or app that teaches through music integration
  • Experiment on effects of types of music in classroom teaching
  • Proposal to the Board of Education to initiate an ARTS (Arts Resource Teams in the Schools) Program here in Spotsylvania
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WORKS CITED

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Collins, Anita. “How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain.” YouTube, uploaded by TED-Ed,
22 Jul., 2014, Directed by Sharon Colman Graham, Script Edited by Alex Gendler, Narrated by Addison Anderson, Music by Peter Gosling,
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