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Five-phase instructional model for music-mathematics integrated lessons

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Description

An (2012) proposed an instructional model in which "The model has five phases, with each phase containing varying levels of focus on music and mathematics." Phase one focuses solely on music; phase two shifts focus toward mathematics while music retains more focus; phase three gives music and mathematics equivalent focus during student activity; phase four uses students' music products to design mathematics tasks with greater emphasis on mathematics; phase five focuses on pure mathematics with no music. The model underpinned the study's intervention design.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Teachers need professional development and familiarity with music-math integration; participant teachers received 10 hours of PD seminars and pilot-lesson feedback before implementing the model.

Constraints

  • The article presents the model as a hypothesis-generating framework tested in one exploratory quasi-experiment; the authors do not suggest their activities are a prototype for all mathematics classroom activities.

Target Learners

  • elementary school students

Learning Goals

  • mathematical modeling, strategy, and application abilities

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Song An, Mary Margaret Capraro, Daniel A. Tillman. (2013). Elementary Teachers Integrate Music Activities into Regular Mathematics Lessons: Effects on Students' Mathematical Abilities. Journal for Learning through the Arts, 9(1). http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0js732gf
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title Five-phase instructional model for music-mathematics integrated lessons
description An (2012) proposed an instructional model in which "The model has five phases, with each phase containing varying levels of focus on music and mathematics." Phase one focuses solely on music; phase two shifts focus to...
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