Art, Science and Magic

Abstract

Music1 and mathematics are two closely-related subjects as both enclose numbers, proportions, measurements, operations... Pythagoras was the first person to link them, and from that moment on, many questions have been asked and many research lines have been created in order to study how one affects the other. Also, music contributes many benefits for the cognitive development of the students, positively contributing to their integral education, as it plays a fundamental role in the acquisition and the strengthening of knowledge during the learning process. However, there are very few experiences and materials to work with it in an interdisciplinary manner within the school context, especially in Spain. In order to verify if music instruction or lessons benefit the study of mathematics, a research study was conducted on 68 4th-grade students enrolled in a Spanish primary school. A questionnaire, observations of many sessions and interviews given to three teachers were used for the gathering of data. The results gathered confirmed that musical training has a positive influence on academic performance of mathematics students.

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