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1 Your brain on music A Free, Fun, Fast Assessment Strategy Presented by: Susan Homan, Ph.D Professor Emeritus, USF College of Education Your brain
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A Free, Fun, Fast Assessment Strategy Presented by: Susan Homan, Ph.D Professor Emeritus, USF College of Education. Your brain on music. Your brain. 1. Melodic Learning. Your Students Unstoppable “Through reading you can open the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Your brain on music
A Free, Fun, Fast Assessment Strategy
Presented by:
Susan Homan, Ph.DProfessor Emeritus, USF College of Education
Your brain
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Your Students Unstoppable
“Through reading you can open the universe.
Through music you can reach anybody.
With both you are unstoppable.”
~ Grace Slick
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Update on Research:
“Music, rhythm and the brain”
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• Utrecht University in the Netherlands - auditory imagery
• Uppsala University, Sweden - music, emotions and learning
• Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare - music for brain-surgery patients
• Unpublished dissertation - drumming benefits ADD and ADHD student learning
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Revisiting the Definition of Melodic Learning:
Melodic Learning
1. a multi-modal method of learning (both oral and aural)
2. using the key elements of singing: pitch, rhythm & rhyme
3. facilitate the capture, storage and retrieval of information
4. LEARNING
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Most Recent Research on:
• The Bahamas• Hernando County, Florida
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Hernando County, Florida(F.A.I.R. testing improvement before/after TiR)
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How Can You Get
Melodic Learning into Your Classroom?
1. Singing improves reading skills
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2. Research supports music improving literacy
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ELP cannot give Tune in to Reading away free,
but you may be able to qualify for a free trial
if you can get principal buy-in.
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For more information contact:
Susan Homan, Ph.D. [email protected]
Ann Kay [email protected]
Electronic Learning Products, [email protected]
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