briefly:
GUESTS:
ELLEN WINNER
*Researcher, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate
School of Education
Will listening to Mozart make math easier?
Will playing the piano or
actingin a play improve your cognitive
skills? A new study by the
HarvardGraduate School of Education suggests
that while there are
some linksbetween experiences with the arts
and learning, it won't
necessarily improveyour SAT scores.
-=deb=-
> I just heard a program a couple weeks ago on NPR about this subject. It
> showed that an Arts based program did NOT affect test scores. I think the
> research was done by two women who looked at a multitude of studies done
over
> the last 20 years. Great program but I cannot for the life of me remember
> their names. Someone else on this list must have heard it. Their big
> argument for the arts was to pitch it as an integral part of living. It
> brings quality of life. Not to argue that it will increase learning in
other
> areas.
>
> Lee
