Does musical training improve school performance?
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Does musical training improve school performance?
In a retrospective study, we compared school performance of 53 children practicing music (group 1) with 67 controls not practicing music (group 2). Overall average marks as well as average marks of all school subjects except sports were significantly higher in children who do (group 1) than in those who do not practice music (group 2). In a multiple regression analysis, musical training, parent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Instructional Science
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0020-4277,1573-1952
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-008-9052-y