ERIC Number: ED137459
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1975
Pages: 27
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Music for the Handicapped.
Mercado, Aurea A.
This report is an evaluation of a New York City school district educational project funded under Title VIB Education of the Handicapped Act. Under the direction of a project coordinator and a music therapist, 365 emotionally disturbed, hyperactive, and mentally retarded youngsters, ranging in age from 6 to 15, participated in the program. Primary emphasis was placed on improving the visual motor, visual auditory, and perceptual motor coordination of these youngsters through music activities. A nineteen item rating scale performance test was developed by the project staff as an assessment measure and was administered in pre and posttest situations. A statistical analysis of the data revealed significant differences in the scores. It was concluded that students made gains in the affective, cognitive and psychomotor domains as a result of the music instruction they received. (Author/BS)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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