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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.

Palmer, Barbara C., Shelly J. Harshbarger, and Cindy A. Koch. "Storytelling as a Constructivist Model for Developing Language and Literacy." Journal of Poetry Therapy 14.4(2001): 199-212. OhioLINK. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article lists the benefits of storytelling to young children. When teachers or any adult tells children stories it increases their vocabulary and their listening and reading comprehension. Through story telling, children also learn how to construct a story. They learn what the beginnning, middle, and end are. Once theyl learn how to construct a story, they begin to learn how to write their own stories. Storytelling greatly benefits children's literacy.

S irlopú, et al. "Promoting Positive Attitudes Toward People With Down Syndrome: The Benefit of School Inclusion Programs1." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 38.11 (2008), 2710-2736. This article is about a study done on schools with and without inclusion programs for students with Down syndrome. The goal was to find out if these programs influence non-disabled students view of those with Down sydnrome. They found that girls coming from schools with inclusion programs showed more favorability to those with Down syndrome then did boys. They also showed more favorability then schools without inclusion programs. The study showed the positive effects of inclusion programs in the school system.

Chandler-Olcott, Kelly, and Paula Kluth. "Why Everyone Benefits From Including Students With Autism in Literacy Classrooms." Reading Teacher 62.7 (2009): 548-557. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. The autism growth rate in normal classrooms has gone up about 5%, so teachers are now more straightforward with their literacy teachings. For autistic kids to develop literacy skills, they should be placed in classrooms with people of the same age. Studies have shown that students with autism who had been placed in a normal classroom at a young age have better communication and interaction skills with others. Having autistic children in normal classrooms has also pushed teachers into further analyzing their students, and pay more attention to assignments.

"Critical Issue: Developing a School or District Technology Plan." North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. In this was described a plan for technology to be integrated into a school system. The plan was to give a school access to technology through their curriculum. The school systems wanted to make sure doing this would benefit everyone. Technology is proven to affect people, but negatively or positively is what they wanted to find out.

Harber, Vicki, and Shona Schleppe. "Promoting Early Physical Literacy in Alberta." WellSpring 21.4 (2010): 1-4. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. A case study is focused on in this writing that revolves around the promotion and different benefits of physical literacy. This article brings up the fact that physical literacy is important for all children to learn. When it comes to physical education, learning proper skills is very important at a young age. It also talks about important benefits of physical literacy and how it is helpful.

Storch, Jason, and Matthew Ohlson. "Student services and student athletes in community colleges." New Directions for Community Colleges 2009.147 (2009): 75-84. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. This article is how student college athletes receive additional to help in their academics. The article points out why these support services are needed, long with how they benefit the student athlete.

Articals teaches how music can be used as a "technology" towards health healing and recovery. Study was conducted on 22 people ages 34-65 with long term illnesses and diseases. 

National Assembly for State Arts Agencies in collaboration with the Arts Education Partnership. "Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement." National Assembly for State Arts Agencies in collaboration with the Arts Education Partnership,2006. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. The publication is an online booklet over viewing the state of the arts in schools. It discusses policies made that are positively impacting the cause and what we need to continue to better the situation. statistics from a Harris poll are included asking the public on how they rate the importance of the arts in schools. They make the statement that "art is academic" and prove all the ways art improves various aspects of thinking

Comeaux, Eddie, and C. Keith Harrison. "Faculty and male student athletes: racial differences in the environmental predictors of academic achievement." Race, Ethnicity & Education 10.2 (2007): 199-214. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article is talking about how outside environmental variables affect the academic achievements of college athletes. It also talks about the varying types of athlete to faculty interaction. A certain study shows that black and white athletes do not benefit equally from this interaction. The author is inferring that black and white athletes are treated much differently, in some situations at least. Faculty and students are now discussing how to fix this problem in order to improve communication and the experience of college athletics.

Rosewater, Ann. "Learning to Play and Playing to Learn: Organzied Sports and Educational Outcome." MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO, Sept. 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. The article expresses the benefits of playing sports to increase academic performance. In the article it provides data on why it is beneficial for youth to participate in organized sports including the effects on brain functions critical to learning.

Gullatt, David E. "Enhancing Student Learning Through Arts Integration: Implications for the Profession." High school Journal (2008): 12-25. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article discusses how student learning can be enhanced by the arts. There is an analysis of how schools in America are doing this in comparison to other countries. It looks at how much the arts influence education presently. In addition creates ideas of how schools should integrate the arts in the future. The piece looks at how art affects cognition and benefits many areas of thinking.

Sloan, Katherine, and Linda Nathan. "Art Transforms Education." Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education (2005): 18-20. EBSCO. Web. 13 Nov. 2010. The article addresses the fact that schools are lacking art influences because of the No Child Left Behind Act. It states that this should be changed and proposes the "Critique Method." It emphasizes the benefits of right-brained thinking. The authors relate to Daniel Pink's idea of the Conceptual Age. They discuss how art fosters empathetic thinking that is crucial to the future generation.

De Vore, Paul W. "Technological Literacy and Social Purpose." Technological Literacy and Social Purpose 31.1 (1992): 59. Academic Search Complete. Web. This article discusses the impact of technology education on society, human development, and the natural environment. How has techonology been able to shape the environment in which we work and learn in? This is the question in which this article deals with. It shows the benefits and advancements that have been made through the world of techonlogy

Conte, C. Networking the Classroom (1995): 921-44. CQ Researcher Online. Web. This article deals with ideas of how to make classrooms more technologically advanced. It discusses the changes that have been made to techonology in the past few years, and why it is a good idea to stay technologically savy in the classroom. You can see students' benefits and their opinions to being able to use techonology in their work environment.

Adnett, Nick. "The growth of international students and economic development: friends or foes?" Journal of Education Policy; Sep2010, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p625-637, 13p This article looks at the topic of international student education and its cost/benefits to the students, thier country of origin as well as to the host country. It tries to support the notion that most times these international students are coming from poorer countries and as such the influx of resources, both financial and intellectual is escaping those country's into the host country.

J.E. Osagie.W.DE.C.WYK VAN A., AKADE. "IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISE AND NUTRITION IN THE PREVENTION OF ILLNESS AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF HEALTH." Education; Summer2000, Vol. 120 Issue 4, p758-772, 15p, 6 Charts. Academic Search Complete. WEB. November 18, 2010. There is evidence suggesting that people are becoming healthier, but the rate of morbid diease is increasing. Even though the number of people seeing the doctor has increased . The importance of exercise and nutrition in the prevention of illness and improvement of health has brought the need for a review of the scientific literature on the benefits associated with types of physical activity.

Roscoe, Rod D., and Michellene T.H. Chi. "Understanding Tutor Learning: Knowledge-Building and Knowledge-Telling in Peer Tutors' Explanations and Questions." JSTOR. Review of Educational Resource 77.4 Dec. 2007: 534-574. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. < >< stable www.jstor.org http: > > Peer tutoring is more effective in college due to the brain being more developed. Though peer tutors have their own learning method, they take what the tutee is good at and combine it with their own way of learning. Thus having more of an effective learning style than in the classroom. This article also states that peer tutoring at all ages is effective and can only benefit the students. Tutors can help determine new learning methods for the tutees.

Chodkiewicz, Andrew, Betty Johnston, Keiko Yasukawa. "Educating Parents: The EvenStart financial literacy program." Journal of Literacy and Numeracy Studies 14.1 (2005): 33-47. Ebsco. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article talks about the benefits of parents and children working together to better understand financial literacy. It talks about different programs one can take to better understand their finances. The article also does a good job at defining specifically what financial literacy is.