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Costa-Giomi, Eugenia – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2015
This article reviews research on the effects of music instruction on general cognitive abilities. The review of more than 75 reports shows (1) the consistency in results pertaining to the short-term effects of music instruction on cognitive abilities and the lack of clear evidence on the long-term effects on intelligence; (2) the complex nature of…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence
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Costa-Giomi, Eugenia; Descombes, Valerie – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 1997
Examines whether the consistent or inconsistent use of pitch labels during instruction in pitch terminology affected French kindergarten children's identification of pitch in the two chosen classes. Finds that the children who were taught one pair of terms provided significantly more correct verbal responses than did the group who learned two…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten Children, Music Education