Attendance and fine arts enrollment
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Category:
Research Report |
Issue(s) Addressed:
Developing the "whole child" |
Attribution
Debra S. O'Connell (2005), "The Impact of Music Education on Aspects of the Child's Self," Sounds of Learning, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (p. 4.2).
Item Text
Taetle (1999) explored the relationship between high school students’ daily school attendance and enrollment in fine arts electives. Students were divided into three groups based on their elective participation:
- fine arts courses only,
- non-fine arts courses only, and
- a combination of fine arts and non-fine arts courses.
Taetle found three significant differences:
- students with lower absentee rates had higher grade point averages;
- students not enrolled in fine arts electives had significantly higher absentee rates than students with at least one fine arts elective; and
- students with low grade point averages who were not enrolled in at least one fine arts elective had significantly higher absentee rates than those students who were enrolled in at least one fine arts elective.
"Zanutto (1997) examined the effect of instrumental music instruction on academic achievement of high school students. He compared the academic profiles, including attendance, of instrumental music students to students with no participation in music. Results of the study indicated that instrumental students had better attendance rates with fewer unexcused absences than the students with no music participation.
"Cardarelli (2003) investigated the effects of instrumental music instruction on standardized test performance and school attendance of third-grade students. She compared test scores and attendance totals for students participating in instrumental music with those not participating in instrumental music. Statistically significant differences between the attendance totals for the two groups were found. Students participating in instrumental music had better school attendance."
Links
www.uncg.edu/mus/SoundsOfLearning/soundsoflearning.html
Submitter Information
- Name: MENC Staff
- Email: advocacy@menc.org