by Chris Salter | Nov 20, 2010 | Early Learners |
My background is in music and linguistics, but I am fascinated by how people learn, and convinced that music can and should be a birthright to all people. Here is the first of a few essays on different modes and styles of learning. Modeling is one of the primary ways...
by Vincent Miele | Jun 23, 2010 | Early Learners |
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by Vincent Miele | Apr 27, 2010 | Early Learners |
Rats were exposed in utero plus 60 days postpartum to either complex music (Mozart Sonata (k. 448)), minimalist music (a Philip Glass composition), white noise or silence, and were then tested for five days, three trials per day, in a multiple T-maze. By Day 3, the...
by Vincent Miele | Apr 27, 2010 | Early Learners |
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY, Jan 26, 2009 All God's children got rhythm — and at a much earlier age than doctors ever suspected, a small study shows. Studying children's sense of musical timing has long been challenging. The babies in the study...
by Vincent Miele | Apr 19, 2010 | Early Learners, Home-School, Music In School, Parents |
Jan here (from the PWA team). There's an abundance of research showing how music really helps shape kids' test scores all throughout school. Grade school: • Students ... who took music lessons in grades 8–12 increased their math scores...
by Vincent Miele | Apr 19, 2010 | Early Learners, Home-School, Music Therapy, Musical Literacy, Parents |
Jan here (from the PWA team). Another fun-fact!: Frank Wilson is a neurologist famous for his work on our hand usage can shape our brains. Dr. Wilson's interest in skilled hand movements led him to the art of music-making, and there his research...
