Affiliation:
1. University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME 04038.
Abstract
In the United States, learning-disabled children have been mainstreamed into general music classes where group instruction predominates without adequate evaluation of possible learning strengths and deficits. Three separate research projects have indicated that learning-disabled readers, aged seven, eight and nine, discriminate rhythm patterns similarly to matched normal- achieving readers but are unable to perform the same patterns in a similar manner. The two reading ability groups also differ at age seven and eight in tonal discrimination. The findings suggest that learning-disabled children may not be able to learn music in a class instructional setting as easily as their age-level peers. These exceptional learners need prior evaluation of input, integration and output capacities before being placed in learning situations where they will be unsuccessful.
Subject
Psychology (miscellaneous),Music
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34 articles.
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