by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Piro, J. M., & Ortiz, C. (2009). The effect of piano lessons on the vocabulary and verbal sequencing skills of primary grade students. Psychology of Music, 37(3), 325.Abstract:The researchers used a quasi-experimental research design to investigate if students...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Nelson, S., & Norton-Meier, L. (2009). Singing in science: Writing and recording student lyrics to express learning. Journal for Learning through the Arts, 5(1).Abstract:This qualitative case study examines an integrated arts project in which students in two...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Wandell, B., Dougherty, R. F., Ben-Shachar, M., & Deutsch, G., K. (2008). Training in the arts, reading, and brain imaging. In C. Asbury & C. Rich (Eds.) Learning, Arts, and the Brain. New York, NY: Dana Foundation.Abstract:This series of studies uses...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Keehn, S., Harmon, J., & Shoho, A. (2008). A study of readers theater in eighth grade: Issues of fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 24(4), 335-362.Abstract:Researchers examined the effects of Readers Theater (performance...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Forgeard, M., Winner, E., Norton, A., & Schlaug, G. (2008). Practicing a musical instrument in childhood is associated with enhanced verbal ability and nonverbal reasoning. PLoS ONE, 3.Abstract:This study examines the association between instrumental music...
