General music or guitar courses did not qualify as they required no previous music experience and, in the case of general music, did not require music-making or practice, according to Gouzouasis and his co-authors, Martin Guhn, PhD and Scott Emerson, MSc, also from the University of British Columbia. Qualifying music courses included concert band, conservatory piano, orchestra, jazz band, concert choir and vocal jazz. Of the more than 112,000 student records studied, approximately 13% of the students had participated in at least one music course in grade 10, 11 or 12.
The researchers examined school records for all students in British Columbia who started the first grade between 20 completed the last three years of high school had completed at least one standardized exam for math, science or English (10th or 12th grade) and for whom they had appropriate demographic information (e.g., gender, ethnicity, neighborhood socioeconomic status). The research was published in the Journal of Educational Psychology ®. Our research suggests that, in fact, the more they study music, the better they do in those subjects.” “It is believed that students who spend school time in music classes, rather than in further developing their skills in math, science and English classes, will underperform in those disciplines.
“In public education systems in North America, arts courses, including music courses, are commonly underfunded in comparison with what are often referred to as academic courses, including math, science and English,” said Peter Gouzouasis, PhD, of the University of British Columbia, an author of the study of more than 100,000 Canadian students. WASHINGTON - High schoolers who take music courses score significantly better on exams in certain other subjects, including math and science, than their nonmusical peers, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association.
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