Ways to use music to aid in reading comprehension, structure an activity with rhythm, to help with generatization of a non-musical skill and help students remember academic information.
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This is a great resource for choral music educators. Anyone can share their arrangement of a piece of choral music, (as long as it is public domain), and there is a wealth of literature available. This is an especially good resource for choral programs to access quality music without having to spend any money. Music can be filtered by composer, genre, language, time period, key, or voicing (unison, treble, mixed, solo, etc.).
From Rachmaninov to rock 'n' roll, listening to music while studying may help some children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). For some, music has similar positive effects to medication. The findings are part of a study on the effects of distractors on children with ADHD.