The result is just the opposite. His new paper, Multilevel Model of the Relationship between Music Achievement and Reading and Mathematics Achievement, was published in Music Education Research, and more than 1000 middle school students were surveyed. The results showed that there was a significant statistical correlation between them. At the end of the paper, they also suggested that the education system and the school board should consider raising the budget for music education.
Bergee said: "The concept of correlation between musical ability and math performance has existed for a long time. Not only related, but also mutually causal. Progress in one field will improve its performance in another.
"There are many variables that affect students' math scores. My original purpose is to show that the relationship between musical ability and math achievement may be illusory-once external influences (such as demography) are controlled, this relationship basically disappears.
"But wait. To my surprise, not only have they not disappeared, but they are also very powerful. "
The author writes: "Perhaps music appreciation and learning need to share a cognitive framework with the speech discrimination model at a more microscopic level. Similarly, more macroscopic modal and pitch recognition techniques may have some general psychological or neurological frameworks. This study ... at least points out this possibility. "
"According to the survey results, we try to put forward the view that no matter what direction, the process based on general learning is the foundation of overall achievement. Music scores, math scores, reading scores-any field may improve the overall level of thinking.
"Therefore, if our goal is to educate a person and develop a person's mind, then you need a comprehensive education. In other words, learning may not be as modular as commonly thought. "
"This means not only introducing common sense to children, but also letting them develop in it."
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