Song versus verbal forms for very-long-term, long-term, and short-term verbatim recall

Mathematical lyrics: noteworthy endeavours in education

“…A mnemonic in the form of a song, however, has additional dimensions -some borrowed from the poetry of its lyrics, some from its music and some from their interaction. Imagery, rhyme, metaphor, rhythm, melody, emotion, humor and more, combine memorably to encode and retrieve information, and thus free students' attention for the task of developing a deeper understanding of the material [5,64]. For example, 'Circle Song' [37] (below) uses the tune that helps English-speaking children learn the alphabet, to help students recall, or even just distinguish between (since some students remember both formulas, but not which one is which), the area and circumference formulas for a circle.…”

Music lessons are associated with increased verbal memory in individuals with Williams syndrome

“…Martens and colleagues used a familiar melody to teach the information (Twinkle, Twinkle), while the current study utilized a novel melody. There is evidence that novel music can be particularly beneficial in aiding verbal memory (Calvert & Tart, 1993;Crowder, Serafine, & Repp, 1990;McElhinney and Annett, 1996;Yalch, 1991).…”

The Effectiveness of Using Song Theraphy İn Increasing Year 5 Primary Pupils’ Engagement İn Science Classroom

“…In a study by Calvert and Tart 2 (1993) a melody selected from the 1970's Schoolhouse Rock television series was used as a teaching strategy to determine if text was remembered better when played via song or learned verbally and the researcher found that the songs were powerful mnemonic toolto recall what has been taught and were useful to apply the knowledge (Calvert and Tart, 1993). Besides that, according to the research done by Wallace (1994) in four different treatment to see the effectiveness in using song to remember a text compared to via listening, he concluded that "melody of a song able to make a text more memorable compared with listening the text out of the context of the melody" (p.1481).…”