The Effect of Classical Music on the Reading Comprehension of Iranian Students

Rashidi, Naser; Faham, Farman

doi:10.4304/tpls.1.1.74-82

“…Moreover, in a study by Rauscher, Shaw and KY as cited in by Rashidi showed that the effect of music (Mozart Sonata) on the IQ of college students, the participants who had been exposed to Mozart Sonata for ten minutes scored higher on spatial-temporal reasoning tasks [7]. In the study, Register, Darrow, Standley, and Swedberg reported that music made improvement in the reading skill of the students who had already had disability in reading [8].…”

Section: Review Of Related Literaturementioning

confidence: 94%

Effectiveness of Classical Music as Background in the Story Video Comprehension Strategy among Students with Multiple Intelligence

Silor¹

2012

IJIET

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Music is the language of man's soul. It has an effect on the behavior and emotions of people of all ages. Music helps create a more positive school environment. Many students prefer to listen to music while studying because they believe it helps them to focus on their work. Hence, this study investigated the effectiveness of classical music as background in reading story video using headset in improving comprehension of students with multiple intelligence. In gathering the data, one section of the developmental reading class (Ed109A) who are diverse learners with multiple intelligence in the teacher education program served as the respondents. There were fifty (50) students took the two sets of comprehension test. First, they took the comprehension test as well as the multiple intelligence in the ICT laboratory using the video presentation with classical music background with headset. Another type of comprehension test was conducted through plain text printed in the paper. Students read the story and answered the comprehension test without background of classical music. The results show that students who read the stories and answered the comprehension examination with the use of classical music as background in the story video , got higher scores compared to the results of students taking the comprehension test without the background of classical music. Hence, findings revealed that students with multiple intelligence in music could really comprehend effectively once there is classical background music in the story video presentation with the used of headset while reading the story and analyzing the context.

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“…The music group outperformed those with no background music. Also in Iran, Rashidi and Faham, (2011) studied the effect of classical music on students' reading comprehension. A standardised text was used and students answered 20 multiple-choice items.…”

Section: Background Music and English As A Second Languagementioning

confidence: 99%

The Power of Music

Hallam¹,

Himonides²

2022

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Evangelos HimonidesDr Evangelos Himonides held the University of London's first ever lectureship in music technology education and now holds the country's first ever Chair in Technology, Education, and Music. Evangelos works at University College London, where he leads a number of courses and supervises doctoral and post-doctoral research. At postgraduate level, he has led and now serves the MA in Music Education programme at UCL, with courses in 'Music Technology in Education' and 'Choral Conducting, Leadership and Communication'. At undergraduate level, Evangelos developed UCL's first ever music-related course in the Institution's near two-century history, which is called 'Interactions of Music & Science' and offered under the innovative Bachelors of Arts and Sciences (BASc) programme. He is fellow of the RSA and Chartered Fellow (FBCS CITP) of the British Computer Society. As a musician, technologist and educator, Evangelos has had an ongoing career in experimental research in the fields of Psychoacoustics, Music Perception, Music Cognition, IT, Human-Computer Interaction, Special Needs, the Singing Voice & Singing Development. Publications currently number over two hundred in high-profile international journals, such as Frontiers of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Psychology of Music, IJME, RSME, Journal of Voice, Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology. Evangelos has been working on numerous funded research projects for leading UK Research Councils such as the AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC, grant-making foundations/charities such as The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, RNIB, the AmberTrust and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, government agencies/departments (such as DfES, QCA) and also the European Union. Evangelos is associate editor for the Journal of Music, Technology and Education (Intellect), associate editor of Frontiers in Psychology, past associate editor for the Journal Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology xv Author Biographies (Informa Healthcare), reviews editor for Psychology of Music (SAGE), editor of the Society for Education and Music Psychology Research (SEMPRE) Conference Series, and section editor for 'technology' for the Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Evangelos has co-edited, with Andrew King, two key volumes in Technology, Music and Education, published by Routledge.As a sound engineer and researcher, Evangelos has recorded in numerous venues (including York Minster, St.Paul's, RCM), with various artists such as Derek Lee Ragin (Farinelli), Vanessa Mae (SONY BMG) and Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) and for numerous media productions (for the BBC, Ch5, Discovery Channel, RTL, CBS, PBS, History Channel).Evangelos has developed the free online technologies for Sounds of Intent, Inspire-Music and the Online Afghan Rubab Tutor. In his spare time, Evangelos likes to record music, play guitar, and handcraft musical instruments in order to raise funds for his charitable work. Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and Young People (2015). As the evidence was collated, it became clear that much more research had be...

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“…The music group outperformed those with no background music. Also in Iran, Rashidi and Faham, (2011) studied the effect of classical music on students' reading comprehension. A standardised text was used and students answered 20 multiple-choice items.…”

Section: Background Music and English As A Second Languagementioning

confidence: 99%

7. Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation

Hallam¹,

Himonides²

2022

The Power of Music

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Evangelos HimonidesDr Evangelos Himonides held the University of London's first ever lectureship in music technology education and now holds the country's first ever Chair in Technology, Education, and Music. Evangelos works at University College London, where he leads a number of courses and supervises doctoral and post-doctoral research. At postgraduate level, he has led and now serves the MA in Music Education programme at UCL, with courses in 'Music Technology in Education' and 'Choral Conducting, Leadership and Communication'. At undergraduate level, Evangelos developed UCL's first ever music-related course in the Institution's near two-century history, which is called 'Interactions of Music & Science' and offered under the innovative Bachelors of Arts and Sciences (BASc) programme. He is fellow of the RSA and Chartered Fellow (FBCS CITP) of the British Computer Society. As a musician, technologist and educator, Evangelos has had an ongoing career in experimental research in the fields of Psychoacoustics, Music Perception, Music Cognition, IT, Human-Computer Interaction, Special Needs, the Singing Voice & Singing Development. Publications currently number over two hundred in high-profile international journals, such as Frontiers of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Psychology of Music, IJME, RSME, Journal of Voice, Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology. Evangelos has been working on numerous funded research projects for leading UK Research Councils such as the AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC, grant-making foundations/charities such as The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, RNIB, the AmberTrust and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, government agencies/departments (such as DfES, QCA) and also the European Union. Evangelos is associate editor for the Journal of Music, Technology and Education (Intellect), associate editor of Frontiers in Psychology, past associate editor for the Journal Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology xv Author Biographies (Informa Healthcare), reviews editor for Psychology of Music (SAGE), editor of the Society for Education and Music Psychology Research (SEMPRE) Conference Series, and section editor for 'technology' for the Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Evangelos has co-edited, with Andrew King, two key volumes in Technology, Music and Education, published by Routledge.As a sound engineer and researcher, Evangelos has recorded in numerous venues (including York Minster, St.Paul's, RCM), with various artists such as Derek Lee Ragin (Farinelli), Vanessa Mae (SONY BMG) and Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) and for numerous media productions (for the BBC, Ch5, Discovery Channel, RTL, CBS, PBS, History Channel).Evangelos has developed the free online technologies for Sounds of Intent, Inspire-Music and the Online Afghan Rubab Tutor. In his spare time, Evangelos likes to record music, play guitar, and handcraft musical instruments in order to raise funds for his charitable work. Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and Young People (2015). As the evidence was collated, it became clear that much more research had be...

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The Effect of Classical Music on the Reading Comprehension of Iranian Students

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Effectiveness of Classical Music as Background in the Story Video Comprehension Strategy among Students with Multiple Intelligence

Effectiveness of Classical Music as Background in the Story Video Comprehension Strategy among Students with Multiple Intelligence

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