Manypeoplebelievethatteachingchildrenmusicmakesthemsmarterbetterabletolearnnewthings.Buttheorganizersofanewstudysaythere'snoscientificevidencethatearlymusicaltrainingaffectstheintelligenceofyoungpeople.A
Manypeoplebelievethatteachingchildrenmusicmakesthemsmarterbetterabletolearnnewthings.Buttheorganizersofanewstudysaythere'snoscientificevidencethatearlymusicaltrainingaffectstheintelligenceofyoungpeople.
Anestimated80percentofAmericanadultsthinkmusiclessonsimprovechildren'sabililytolearnortheirperformanceinschool.Theysaythatthesatisfactionforlearningtoplayanewsonghelpsachildexpresscreativity.
ResearchersatHarvardUniversityhoweverhavefoundthatthere'sonethingmusicaltrainingdoesnotdo.Theysayitdoesnotmakechildrenmoreintelligent.SamuelMehrisagraduatestudentatHarvard'sSchoolofEducation.Hesaiditiswrongtothinkthatlearningtoplayamusicalinstrumentimprovesachild'sintellectualdevelopment.Hesaystheevidencecomesfromstudiesthatmeasuredthementalabilityoftwogroupsof4-year-oldsandtheirparents.Onegroupattendedmusicclasstheotherwenttoaclassthatplacesimportanceonthevisualarts—artsthatcanbeseen.
"Theevidencethereis'no'.Wefoundnoevidenceforanyadvantageonanyofthesetestsforthekidsparticipatinginthesemusicclases"saidMehr.SamuelMehrsaysresearchershavecarriedoutmanystudiesinanefforttolearnwhethermusicaltrainingcanmakechildrensmarter.Hesaystheresultshavebeenmixed.HesaysonlyonestudyseemstoshowasmallpercentageincreaseinIQintellectualscoresamongstudentsafteroneyearofmusiclessons.HedoesnotbelievethatIQisagoodmeasureofchild'sintelligence.Hesaysresearchersinhisstudycomparedhowwellchildreninthemusicaltraininggroupdidonmentalprocessingtasksorprojectsthentheresultswerecomparedtothoseofchildrenwhodidnottakelessons.Therewasnoevidencethatthemusicaltraininggroupdidmuchbetteronthementaltasksthantheothergroup.
Theresearcherscomfirmedtheresultswithalargergroupofchildrenandtheirparents.MrMehrsaysmusiclessonsmaynotofferchildrenafasteasywaytogainentrytothebestschoolslateroftheirlife.Buthesaysthetrainingisstillimportantforculturalreasons.Inhiswords"Weteachmusicbecausemusicisimportantforus."
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