Children taking optional handicraft lessons scored significantly worse overall than controls, and handicraft did not significantly predict marks in regression¶

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q2 i? Group 3 (handicraft, n=14) received significantly worse average marks than controls, t(79)=2.51, p<.05. → Olive Emil Wetter 2009 q2 i? In the multiple regression, handicraft did not significantly correlate with overall average marks (Beta -.099, p=.193). → Olive Emil Wetter 2009

Evidence¶

Olive Emil Wetter 2009¶

Olive Emil Wetter, Fritz Koerner, Adrian Schwaninger. (2009). Does musical training improve school performance? Instr Sci 37:365–374. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-008-9052-y

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Comparison of the 14 children taking optional handicraft lessons but not music against the 67 controls; the small group (n=14) limits the finding, and handicraft was non-significant in the regression.

"Children taking optional handicraft lessons (group 3) received significantly worse average marks at school than controls with t(79) = 2.51, p\ .05."

Discussion¶

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