Critical Review
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The Effect of Music Participation on Mathematical Achievement and Overall Academic Achievement of High School Students
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H. A. Cox & L. J. Stephens
October 15, 2006
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
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The Problem:
* During budget cuts, music programs are cut first.
* Disregard of cross- curricular benefits of music programs
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Purpose
"...investigate whether the number of music credits a student has earned is related to their math grade point average (GPA) or to their cumulative GPA at the high school level"
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PROCEDURE
The study was two-fold. There were 208 high school students (110 males, 98 females).
Subjects were placed into two categories; those with music credits (SOME/66) and those without music credits (NONE/142)
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PROCEDURE
For the second stem of the study, participants were placed in two categories.
Students who had earned 2 credits per grade (Group A/32) and remaining students (Group B/176)
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PROCEDURE
The mean math GPA of SOME was compared to the mean math GPA of NONE.
The mean cumulative GPA of SOME was compared to the mean cumulative GPA of NONE.
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PROCEDURE
The mean math GPA of Group A was compared to the mean math GPA of Group B.
The mean cumulative GPA of Group A was compared to the mean cumulative GPA of
Group B.
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RESULTS & DISCUSSIONS
No real conclusion can be drawn from the results
Differences in math and cumulative GPA means of SOME vs NONE were insignificant
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RESULTS & DISCUSSIONS
Although the differences were insignificant, mean math and cumulative GPA of Group A were higher than Group B.
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LIMITATIONS
Sample Size
*Study only conducted at one school; more schools would be more accurate.
School Size
*Small school; only offered two music courses.
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CRITIQUE
The study is not of sufficient value to be read by other music educators. If music educators wanted a study to support the significance of their program, it would not be effective.
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CRITIQUE
However, if the music educator were doing further research in the same area, this study would be a good starting point; learning from this study would be beneficial.
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CRITIQUE
I would be interested in viewing this study from various angles. I would like to see this study in larger schools, and in schools with more performing ensembles.
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CRITIQUE
One of the defining factors of the validity of this study would be to see if it is a trend in multiple schools in various regions of the country.
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I would also like to see this study performed in larger schools. Larger schools tend to have multiple performing ensembles (i.e. band, choir, orchestra, etc.) and require students to enroll in at least one fine arts class.
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It would also be interesting to develop a way to rate each performing ensemble. I believe the quality of the performing ensemble could have an impact on the results of the study. Does participation in any quality of performing ensemble positively effect GPAs?
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