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Rachel Krivanek
Mrs. DeBock
English IV Honors
Essential Question: Does singing along, using technology, and comprehending educational songs
Working Thesis: Students react and remember more information when given a song to help.
Refined Thesis: Child development students are prone to remember more information, such as
counting numbers, when participating in upbeat songs that review the material.
Annotated Bibliography
Learning in Family Contexts." Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 41, no.
In this article, Fenton focuses on children, families, and how the connection between
home life relates to the outcome of a students performance. She discusses approaches to how
there can be support in a childs mathematical development. Not only do child development
students need extra attention to math in school, a push is needed for students to follow up on the
lesson at home with a parent or guardian. Defending multiple ways for students to have access to
math programs at home, Fenton provides multiple examples of ideas and programs that can
strengthen her thesis. Mathematics, music, and memory are all connected, and the article
I chose this article because Hughes sums up all theories made with music, mathematics,
memory, education, and child development. He presents his creative experiences, such as his
study in math and music. Each creative experiences is a stage in his study, such as acoustics
demonstration, tuning demonstration, and analysis. He also expresses the creativity that music
can produce and spark in a human being. Overall, the article describes the complexity of music,
going into specific details of almost all ideas and theories, therefore making a valid conclusion
Learning in the Elementary Music Classroom." General Music Today, vol. 29, no. 2,
I chose this article because Jacobi supports the original thesis that I provided, which was
music has a strong, positive influence on students, especially on developing brains. Digging
deeper into this theory, Jacobi claims music can stimulate a students attention, interest, and
curiosity. The article not only gives information on the pros of music in schools, but also
explains why it can specifically have a different effect on young minds. Relating and connecting
to the previous article, the way the brain and memory are wired in young students can be similar
among all students, despite learning styles, gender, or any other factors that may influence a
student.
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Pittman, Tiffani and Trudi Gaines. "Technology Integration in Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade
Pittman discusses the effects of technology in the classroom on a select group of third,
fourth, and fifth graders. This article focuses on how technology can improve education, how to
achieve the goal of having working technology, and how it affects the way students learn. Having
a select group of students being observed shows specific strengths and weaknesses that
elementary students may face while using technology, rather than viewing a large population and
not being able to target distinct problems. Discussing the current, basic effects of technology
introduces the idea of how it is used in the classroom, when it is used, and how it can eventually
Rush, Toby W. "Incorporating Assistive Technology for Students with Visual Impairments into
the Music Classroom." Music Educators Journal, vol. 102, no. 2, Dec. 2015, p. 78.
I chose this article because Rush provides useful information on visually impaired
students and how accommodations can be made for them to experience visual music education.
The article digs deeper into issues that every classroom or teacher can experience, and how to
comply with the problem or obstacles it may cause. Specifically music educators, having a
visually impaired or deaf student requires specific arrangements to made in order to provide
them with an equal education opportunity and experience. The article gives examples on
resources, requiring technology, that can be used by any teacher or classroom, therefore
Surez, Lidia, et al. "Cross-Sectional Study on the Relationship between Music Training and
Working Memory in Adults." Australian Journal of Psychology, vol. 68, no. 1, Mar.
comparison between music, memory, age, and education in adults. It also suggests that there
might be different effects on males compared to females. Showing connection between music
and adults, the article focuses on the future effects music and memory. The article also describes
specific memory, such as phonological memory, spatial memory, visual memory, and working
memory. Showing relation between past education and present effects on memory is the main
idea of the article. Overall, the article defends the idea that music leads to exact memory effects