Music-control mark difference emerges with training duration: no difference in grade 3, significant by grade 6, with control marks declining over grades¶
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q2 i? In grade 3, music children (M=5.42, SD=.31) did not differ significantly from controls (M=5.33, SD=.37), t(43)=.88, p=.383; in grade 6, music children (M=5.21, SD=.41) scored significantly higher than controls (M=4.80, SD=.45), t(25)=2.48, p<.05. → Olive Emil Wetter 2009
q2 i? The music group's overall marks were comparable between grades 3 and 6 (5.42 vs 5.21, p=.106), while the control group's declined significantly (5.33 vs 4.80, t(35)=3.90, 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
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Grade-wise analysis (Fig. 3) of overall average marks across grades 3–6; from fourth grade on the music group achieved significantly better marks than controls; the authors read this as evidence that duration of musical training is relevant.
"By contrast, the respective values in control group 2 differed significantly (5.33 in grade 3 and 4.80 in grade 6 with t(35) = 3.90, p\ .001) as illustrated in Fig. 3."
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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 |
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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 |
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2009 |
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