This article presents finding in a neurological study showing the effects different musical genres can have on our brains. The question I was thinking about when looking for an article was: what can better motivate students in their writing process? When talking about the different writing processes in our last class (2/20), I noticed most students listened to music during certain stages of their writing. What I was most curious about, since I almost never listen to music when I write, was if there were conscious decisions on what music was to be played. This article presents the positive results of every genre of music I.e. music from the baroque period can create mentally stimulating environments for creativity and new innovations, or that heavy metal and hip hop can excite our nervous system, and allow listeners to be more dynamic and expressive (Webber). Musical tastes differ from person to person, thus different music will have a different effect on each individual. Having a conscious decision regarding the music being played in the context of the writing being done is a practice I feel can motivate students to want to write, in order see how different music stimulates or hinders their writing process. What I plan to do is bring these questions into my internship and ask the students what music they like to listen to (if any) while they write, and have them explain, to see if maybe they aren't listening to the best music for them, and possibly motivate them to find the musical that really gets their thoughts flowing. And a student doesn't listen to music when they write, I think it might be interesting to engage them what whey would listen to if they literally had to listen to music while writing. I find this interesting because just yesterday my roommates decided to throw a party, sun up till sun down (Sunday), while I was in my room, sick, studying for a test I had Monday. Apparently my test isn't important enough to have the blaring dubstep turned down, so I was faced with the decision to leave, or put on my headphones to drown out music that distracted the hell out of me.
started by nsfarzo on 27 Feb 12
Dr. Ellen Webber
This article presents finding in a neurological study showing the effects different musical genres can have on our brains. The question I was thinking about when looking for an article was: what can better motivate students in their writing process? When talking about the different writing processes in our last class (2/20), I noticed most students listened to music during certain stages of their writing. What I was most curious about, since I almost never listen to music when I write, was if there were conscious decisions on what music was to be played. This article presents the positive results of every genre of music I.e. music from the baroque period can create mentally stimulating environments for creativity and new innovations, or that heavy metal and hip hop can excite our nervous system, and allow listeners to be more dynamic and expressive (Webber). Musical tastes differ from person to person, thus different music will have a different effect on each individual. Having a conscious decision regarding the music being played in the context of the writing being done is a practice I feel can motivate students to want to write, in order see how different music stimulates or hinders their writing process. What I plan to do is bring these questions into my internship and ask the students what music they like to listen to (if any) while they write, and have them explain, to see if maybe they aren't listening to the best music for them, and possibly motivate them to find the musical that really gets their thoughts flowing. And a student doesn't listen to music when they write, I think it might be interesting to engage them what whey would listen to if they literally had to listen to music while writing. I find this interesting because just yesterday my roommates decided to throw a party, sun up till sun down (Sunday), while I was in my room, sick, studying for a test I had Monday. Apparently my test isn't important enough to have the blaring dubstep turned down, so I was faced with the decision to leave, or put on my headphones to drown out music that distracted the hell out of me.