The Effects of Musical Training on the Decoding Skills of German-Speaking Primary School Children

Autor/in	Rautenberg, Iris
Titel	The Effects of Musical Training on the Decoding Skills of German-Speaking Primary School Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Reading, 38 (2015) 1, S.1-17 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-0423
DOI	10.1111/jrir.12010
Schlagwörter	Music Education; Socioeconomic Influences; Cognitive Ability; Experimental Groups; Visual Arts; Art Education; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Reading Skills; Decoding (Reading); German; Native Language; Elementary School Students; Accuracy; Teaching Methods; Auditory Discrimination; Auditory Perception; Skill Development; Intonation; Suprasegmentals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Denkfähigkeit; Optische Gestaltung; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Korrelation; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Dekodierung; Deutscher; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	This paper outlines the results of a long-term study of 159 German-speaking primary school children. The correlations between musical skills (perception and differentiation of rhythmical and tonal/melodic patterns) and decoding skills, and the effects of musical training on word-level reading abilities were investigated. Cognitive skills and socioeconomic factors were controlled as covariates in all analysis. The experimental group received special musical training for 9?months. A comparison sample received alternative training (visual arts) for the same amount of time. Another comparison sample did not receive any additional classes during the study period. The results show that rhythmical abilities are correlated significantly positively with decoding skills (both reading accuracy and reading prosody). Tonal skills, however, were not correlated with reading skills. Additionally, the special musical training had a significant effect on reading accuracy in word reading, as analysis of covariance revealed. In this paper, implications for reading development are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01