Comments on: Research about the benefits of listening to music in the classroom leads to optimism

By: Taylor

Taylor — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:27:25 +0000

this is helping me with an editorial i am writing and with some personal experience with the fact that mp3 players and iPods are banned from my school. it’s really stupid in my opinion because the library is closed most of the time during my first period study hall. i have been listening to my mp3 for a few weeks and only recently the study hall teacher yelled at me. i told her i had nothing else to do. she said to get rid of the mp3 or she would get rid of it for me. i honestly do not understand why, if during a study hall there is nothing to do, why you can’t listen to some music until your next class?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:55:38 +0000

This is an awesome article you’ve come up with. I am an ESE student with ADHD and I have done so much better in class when the teachers let me listen to my music in class. My English teacher refuses to let me listen to my music and has refused to let me do a research paper on the subject because she says “It has no relevance and is in no way imortant. You couldn’t even find one source on this topic.” I personally know shes wrong, I’ve found about twenty sources on this topic, this is becoming a serious thing with teachers and some deign it’s ok with them and some deign it “unnecessary”

By: Cristopher

Cristopher — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:47:19 +0000

Thanks for this. I think students should be allowed to listen to music in class. I am one of the students who works better while listening to music. I thik that if a student wants to listen to music, they should be allowed to. I am also writing a paper on the topic. So Thanks, Again.

By: Cristopher

Cristopher — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:33:36 +0000

Thanks for this because I think students should be allowed to listen to music in school. I am one of those students who works better when I am listening to music. Plus I am doing a paper on the topic, so this helps. Thanks again.

By: MusicLover

MusicLover — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:14:57 +0000

I found that it depends on the person to determine if listening to music while working helps or hinders them. Music helps me focus more because it’s something for my mind to focus on along with my work. My brain thinks of multiple thoughts at once many times and I end up getting distracted without the music. I don’t think teachers should play music out loud for everyone to hear but rather to let the students listen to their own music with headphones so as not to disturb other students especially seeing as not every person in the world likes the same kind of music. Music can hinder the people who don’t have the ability to focus on multiple things at once where as people who think about multiple topics can benefit from the music because it gives them something to focus on that isn’t as distracting. It has to be music that the person likes or else they’ll be distracted by the music thinking about when it will end or be turned off.

By: Elona Hartjes

Elona Hartjes — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:49:33 +0000

Try it yourself and see. Some people work better with music; othe’s don’t. The music needs to be something that you are really familiar with. New music doesn’t work as well.

By: Kierra Wadsworth

Kierra Wadsworth — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:28:25 +0000

Hi I am doing a research paper and I am wondering if this is really true and if it really helps. I love music so i what to know more:)

By: riju samuel

riju samuel — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:24:05 +0000

I support the fact that listening to music while working will improve learning much easier

By: weirdone

weirdone — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:04:39 +0000

why don’t you publish your piece its fairly good compared too some of the junk i’ve had to look at recently

By: Elona Hartjes

Elona Hartjes — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:10:49 +0000

Thank’s for sharing your insights about listening to music. I hadn’t thought about music as an environment that can help you recall facts for tests although I’m aware of all kinds of rhymes that help little kids learn things.