Children practicing music achieve significantly better overall average school marks than controls¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Children playing an instrument (group 1, n=53) achieved significantly better overall average marks than controls (group 2, n=67), t(118)=4.47, p<.001. → 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

Retrospective cross-sectional comparison of annual report marks of 134 children from two Bern school centers; music group n=53 vs control n=67, two-tailed t test, "t(118) = 4.47, p< .001" as printed.

"Children playing an instrument (group 1) achieved significantly better average marks at school than controls (group 2, t(118) = 4.47, p\ .001)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Music-control mark difference emerges with training duration: no difference in grade 3, significant by grade 6, with control marks declining over grades — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Children taking optional handicraft lessons scored significantly worse overall than controls, and handicraft did not significantly predict marks in regression — related
• Musical training remains a significant predictor of overall marks in multiple regression with income and grade, which have higher partial correlations — a broader claim this one bears on
• The association between musical training and school performance appears general and non-specific across subjects, with no evidence for special links to single domains — related