The Effect of Background Music on Math Test Performance of High School Students

dc.contributor.advisorGrossman, Jerrold
dc.contributor.authorMaas, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-27T13:24:05Z
dc.date.available2013-05-27T13:24:05Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-27
dc.description.abstractThere is often a general presumption that music and academics have a positive relationship. Researchers have investigated this relationship using a variety of subjects and testing many different variables. Since there was very little research done on the effect of background music on tests, I sought out to test if classical, rock, or rap background music has a positive effect on quiz scores. The experiment was done over four weeks with four Algebra II classes, two regular Algebra II classes and two accelerated Algebra II classes. To account for the four music types (classical, rap, rock, no music), and for the four quizzes over four weeks, a Latin Square design was used. When analyzing the results, a mixed effect linear model fit was used to accommodate absences, weeks, hours and music types. The data revealed that classical music had the most positive relationship with the quiz scores, even though most of the students confessed that they do not typically listen to classical music while doing their homework.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10323/1581
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectMusicen_US
dc.subjectMathematicsen_US
dc.subjectQuizen_US
dc.subjectTesten_US
dc.subjectBackgrounden_US
dc.subjectHigh schoolen_US
dc.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.subjectStatisticsen_US
dc.subjectPerformanceen_US
dc.subjectScoresen_US
dc.titleThe Effect of Background Music on Math Test Performance of High School Studentsen_US
dc.typeThesiseng

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