If things do not work out You can request mediation. You can file for a due process hearing. New York, March 18, 1999. Second-grade students who took piano lessons for 4 months scored significantly higher on math tests than children who did not, according to a study in the journal Neurological Research. Shaw notes that playing music involves mathematical concepts such as counting time, understanding intervals, ratios, fractions, proportions.
Musical training appears to help children to grasp concepts basic to proportional math.
Not only is proportional math crucial for all college-level science, but it is the first academic hurdle that requires children to grasp underlying concepts before they can master the material. Rote learning simply does not work. Shaw gained attention in 1993 when his research showed that college students scored higher on spatial-temporal reasoning tests after listening to a Mozart piano sonata. A second group used the STAR software and was given standard English instruction that also utilized the computer. The third group received no special instruction.