18
Jun
2009
Phonemic Based Music
This study evaluated using music as an instructional tool, specifically in phonics and language arts in a kindergarten class. The 17 participants in this study attend an elementary school in a suburb of a large southeastern metropolitan city. The research project used quantitative research methods to collect and analyze the data. Using pre and post tests, the studied compared the student growth in letter sound recognition with and without the use of music as part of the phonics and language arts instruction. The results from the quantitative study were statistically significant with a p value of .0004, showing that the use of music during language arts instruction notably impacted the student’s acquisition of letter sounds.
Tags: music, phonics
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