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Does listening to Mozart help 9 th graders memorize phone numbers better?

Does listening to Mozart help 9 th graders memorize phone numbers better?. By Kristin Morder (: Grade 9 Bellwood-Antis High School. Problem. Does listening to Mozart help 9 th graders memorize phone numbers better?. Mozart Effect. Any other composers tested?. Hypothesis.

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Does listening to Mozart help 9 th graders memorize phone numbers better?

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  1. Does listening to Mozart help 9th graders memorize phone numbers better? By Kristin Morder(: Grade 9 Bellwood-Antis High School

  2. Problem Does listening to Mozart help 9th graders memorize phone numbers better?

  3. Mozart Effect • Any other composers tested?

  4. Hypothesis Listening to Mozart does help 9th graders memorize phone numbers better.

  5. How did I do it? I took ten ninth grade honors class students and gathered them up in a room and put them through five tests. They had to memorize phone numbers for 10-20 minutes while listening or not listening to music.

  6. Experimental Design • Experimental Variable: classical music composers • Experimental Groups: Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, and Tchaikovsky • Control Group: Kids studying phone numbers, not listening to music.

  7. Experimental Procedure-Preparing the tests • Make 50 sheets for the test *10 numbers each and they all need to be different* • Example of sheet

  8. Experimental Procedure-Studying • Gather 9th graders together (instruct subjects not to communicate at all during studying or test) • For first trial, kids will listen to Mozart. Have song at comfortable level, for all to hear well. • For each study period, allow them 10 minutes.

  9. Experimental Procedure-Taking the Test • Turn off music before taking exam • Allow them 15 minutes to take exam • The people had to write down as many numbers as they remembered in any order

  10. Experimental Procedure-Additional Trials • giving a 15 minute break • Repeat using different numbers and music • Repeat with no music playing, this is my control group

  11. Experimental Procedure-Scoring Tests • Correct sheets by how many numbers they got right • Max score = 10 • Order didn’t matter • two numbers wrong • Switch a close pair of numbers

  12. Control Variables • Control Variables: 01. Same grade of children (9th graders) 02. Same intellectual level 03. 15 minutes to study 04. Different numbers per child (no cheating!) 05. 15 minutes to take test (they can turn it in when they are done) 06. Same songs per musician 07. Test at least 10 9th graders

  13. Experimental Design (Control Variables) 08. Make sure the kids have no distractions (away from each other, have gone to the bathroom, make sure they are not thirsty) 09. Make sure they are well-rested and NOT falling asleep 10. Four tests (one for each musician) then one for control

  14. Sample Raw Data for Subject #1

  15. Scores on Test

  16. Data Summary

  17. Conclusion I reject my hypothesis that Mozart helps 9th graders

  18. Further Research

  19. Thanks for Listening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for watching and you may now ask questions!

  20. Abstract • Problem, hypothesis, conslusiuon

  21. Data Totals

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