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"Music & Success in Life." Guitar Lessons, Piano Lessons, Voice Lessons, NYC, Manhattan, NY, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, New Jersey, Boston, Chicago. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. . Article talked about the many advantage that music has over a person's personality and behaviors. Some of the examples were "Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits". Also other examples how music encouraged a community and brought groups together. It then went on the explain the health benefits of music therapy which will be great to use in my paper when I am explaining the benefits music therapy could have on other countries where actual medicine is not easily accessible.

Simmons, Gary and Christine Evely. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." Screen Education 38 (2005): 76-83. Ebscohost. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis is a lesson plan for a primary school teacher for teaching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in the classroom. The lesson suggests that you and the class watch the movie and read the book then compare the two. It also has worksheets for naming and describing characters. It also provides questions such as how did Harry change in this movie, lessons learned, etc.

Keer, Gregory. "Financial Literacy for Kids: Money Lessons Should Start Young." Parenthood. Dominion Enterprises. n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how fast students are getting themselves into debt, and what should be done to help kids become financially independent. The article also talks about the ways in which you can teach someone to save money.

Rekrut, Marth D. "Peer and Cross-age Tutoring: The Lessons of Research." JSTOR: Journal of Reading. In 37.5 Feb. 1994: 356-362. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. . This article is about how students find what works best for them. It has students be in control on how they learn best. This article says that tutoring is an effective learning method for college students. This proves that students who are tutored get better grades in all subjects, especially english. Reading is a part of every subject and by exercising it the most, students become more literate.

Piro, Joseph M. "The effect of piano lessons on the vocabulary and verbal sequencing skills of primary grade students." Psychology of Music, Volume 37, issue 3 (July 2009), p. 325-347. OhioLINK. Web. 20 November 2010. A number of studies have reported positive associations between music experience and increased abilities in non-musical (e.g., linguistic, mathematical, and spatial) domains in children. These transfer effects continue to be probed using a variety of experimental designs. The major aim of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the effects of a scaffolded music instruction program on the vocabulary and verbal sequencing skills of two cohorts of second-grade students. One group (n = 46) studied piano formally for a period of three consecutive years as part of a comprehensive instructional intervention program.

Aarons, Dakarai I. "Focus on Instruction Turns around Chicago Schools: Network Gets Results in 5 Schools in Chicago without "Drastic" Steps." Education Week 29.16 (2010): 1,. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This article discusses the need to restaff certain schools becasue of the poor teaching skills. Over a ten year span the Chicago city schools have received new principles, teachers, and curriculum. Preparing students for college starts in grade school, in preparing for high school. There have been multiple reconstructions including a yearly test and weekly lessons in preparation for that test. This helps students prepare for the riger and high level of education for the students' future.\n

Whalen, Jeanne, and Sharon Begley. "In England, Girls Are Closing Gap With Boys in Math." Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition 30 Mar. 2005: A1+. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. In England they are talking about changing how they teach math within the classroom. They want to close the gender gap in math by changing how teachers teach their lessons. The school boards want to switch from a simple lecture and memorizing to a more hands on so that may the girls could have a better chance of catching up. Harvard is looking into if this is a good idea to do because they are having a hard time figuring out why males excel in math compared to females.