Music education, academic achievement, and executive functions.

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Holochwost ◽  
Cathi B. Propper ◽  
Dennie Palmer Wolf ◽  
Michael T. Willoughby ◽  
Kelly R. Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Education Academic

scholarly journals Task Monitoring and Working Memory as Executive Components Predictive of General and Specific Academic Achievements in 6–9-Year-Old Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6681
Author(s):  
Alberto Quílez-Robres ◽  
Nieves Moyano ◽  
Alejandra Cortés-Pascual
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Predictive Role ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Relationship

Academic achievement has been linked to executive functions. However, it is necessary to clarify the different predictive role that executive functions have on general and specific academic achievement and to determine the most predictive executive factor of this academic achievement. The relationship and predictive role between executive functions and their components (initiative, working memory, task monitoring, organization of materials, flexibility, emotional control, inhibition, self-monitoring) with academic achievement are analyzed in this study, both globally and specifically in the areas of Language Arts and Mathematics, in 133 students from 6 to 9 years of age. The relationship obtained in Pearson’s correlation analysis does not differ substantially between overall achievement (r = 0.392) and specific achievement (r = 0.361, r = 0.361), but task monitoring (r = 0.531, r = 0.455, r = 0.446) and working memory (r = 0.512, r = 0.475, r = 0.505) had a greater relationship with general and specific achievement. Finally, regression analyses based on correlation results indicate that executive functions predict general academic performance (14.7%) and specific performance (12.3%, 12.2%) for Language Arts and Mathematics, respectively. Furthermore, working memory and task supervision represent 32.5% of general academic performance, 25.5% of performance in Language Arts, and 27.1% of performance in Mathematics. In conclusion, this study yielded exploratory data on the possible executive functions (task supervision and working memory) responsible for good general academic achievements and specific academic achievements in Mathematics and Language Arts.

Music in Secondary Education: Predictors of Music Subject Choices and Associations with Academic Achievement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maruša Levstek ◽  
Daniel Elliott ◽  
Robin Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Systemic Factors ◽  
Education Hub ◽  
Socio Economic Variables ◽  
Youth Music

This paper investigates the relationship between music qualification choice and academic performance in secondary education in England at Key Stage 4 (KS4; usually at age 15 and 16). We analysed data from 2257 pupils at 18 educational settings in a city in the southeast of England. Two regression analyses with clustered errors modelled KS4 music qualification choice and GCSE academic achievement in English, Mathematics, and other English Baccalaureate subjects, while controlling for a range of demographic, academic, and socio-economic variables. Choice of music as a subject at KS4 was positively associated with the total volume of KS4 qualifications entered for examination and was also predicted by coming from an affluent neighbourhood. Furthermore, this choice of music at KS4 was associated with greater academic performance on English Baccalaureate subjects above and beyond other significant predictors (gender, language, prior academic achievement, total volume of KS4 qualifications, and neighbourhood socio-economic status; local Cohen’s f-squared = .09). These results point to a small but significant additive effect of studying music at KS4 in relation to performance on core GCSE subjects. We also found that schools with KS4 music qualification choice greater than the national average were higher in overall academic attainment, in the proportion of pupils attending extra-curricular instrumental lessons, and in our composite measure of school’s engagement with a local music education hub. The results are interpreted in light of sociological theories of education in an attempt to better understand the underlying systemic factors affecting youth music engagement.

scholarly journals Music Education, Aesthetics, and the Measure of Academic Achievement

2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (19) ◽  
pp. 1740-1744
Author(s):  
Karl Madden ◽  
David Orenstein ◽  
Alexei Oulanov ◽  
Yelena Novitskaya ◽  
Ida Bazan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Music Education

scholarly journals Relationship Between Achievement Goals, Meta-Cognition And Academic Success In Pakistan

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sarwar ◽  
Muhammad Imran Yousuf ◽  
Shafqat Hussain ◽  
Shumaila Noreen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Education Academic ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The research was the replication of the study done by Coutinho (2006) and it aimed at finding the relationship between achievement goals, meta-cognition and academic success. Achievement goals were further divided into two types: mastery and performance. The participants were 119 students enrolled in M. A. Education, Department of Education at the University of Sargodha. The questionnaire used in the original study, along with Urdu translation, was administered to the participants. The questionnaire consisted of three sections measuring mastery goals, performance goals, and meta-cognition, respectively. The academic achievement record was taken from the Office of Department of Education. Academic achievement was taken as marked and obtained at the Matric, Intermediate, Bachelors, and M.A. levels. It was concluded there is no significant correlation between mastery goals and academic achievement. Similarly, there was no significant correlation between performance goals and academic achievement at Matric, Intermediate and Bachelor levels. However, negative correlation was observed between performance goals and achievement at the masters level. The researchers found no significant relationship between meta-cognition and academic achievement at all levels and there were no significant gender differences in mastery goals, performance goals and meta-cognition.

The impact of integrated STEM education on academic achievement, reflective thinking skills towards problem solving and permanence in learning in science education

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devrim Akgündüz
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Reflective Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Constructivist Teaching ◽  
Integrated Stem ◽  
Education Academic

This research has been conducted to evaluate the effects of integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education on academic achievement, reflective thinking skills towards problem solving and permanence in learning in science education. This study, which used pre-test–post-test and semi-experimental model with permanence test, control group as a research model, was conducted with 44 students attending to the 6th grade of a public school in 2015–2016 academic year. The study consisted of the control group with constructivist teaching and the experimental group with integrated STEM education. Academic achievement test and reflective thinking scale towards problem solving were applied. In SPSS 24 package program, analysis of quantitative data was performed using t-test and Mann–Whitney U test. In conclusion, the integrated STEM education does not significantly increase success, reflective thinking skills towards problem solving and their effects on permanence according to constructivist teaching, but provides positive contributions to academic achievement.   Keywords: Integrated STEM education, science education, academic achievement, problem solving, reflective thinking skills.  

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