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Recall of Facts in Social Studies through the Use of
Music
Chelsie Fultz
Ridgedale Elementary School
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Rationale• Text is better recalled when it is
heard as a song (Wallace, 1994).
• WESTEST2 Scores– 38% of students scored at the novice
level in social studies proficiency
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Contexts• Monongalia County
– South of Morgantown, outside of city – Grades Pre-K through 5th; 418 students
• 3rd grade classroom– Internet (YouTube access); Projector and Smart
Board; Table at front with desks facing front • Students
– 11 students (20 in class); 8 Caucasian, 1 Asian, 1 Biracial; 1 student with Aspbergers tendencies
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Research Support for Use of Music to Recall Facts
• “The encoding of songs can be conceptualized as an information processing activity (Calvert and Billingsley, 1998).”
• “Subjects who had received music treatments (on retention tasks) performed significantly better than subjects who did not (Hanschumaker 1980).”
• Students learn songs “when the melody is easily and sufficiently learned and is repeated across verses (Memory for Music, n.d.).”
• “The rhythm and melody of a familiar song could provide a structure for learning unfamiliar information, and a familiar melody could provide both distinctive memory records and retrieval cues to assist in recall (Rainey and Larsen, 2002).”
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Guiding Question
“How does the use of music increase third graders’ recall
of facts in social studies?”
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Teaching Strategy• Each day, the students and I
– Listened to the song– Read the lyrics sheet together (for one stanza) – Sang the song 3-5 times (including the new stanza)
• Student performance tested with daily quizzes
• Revised teaching by singing the song more times per day
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Data Sources• Pre/Post-test
– 10 states and capitals for students to match
• Teacher Researcher Journal – Notes about students’ performance
and attitudes
• Daily Quizzes – 5 states and capitals to
be matched (learned in previous day’s lesson)
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Pre/Post Test Comparison
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Scores on All Assessments
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Low-Achieving Students
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Conclusions
• Using music in the classroom does help students recall the facts that they learned in song.
• Each student improved from the pre to the post-test.
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Recommendations
• Teaching in smaller, shorter stanzas
• Study time in class
• Oral quizzes
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• My host teacher, Mrs. Malinovich• Third grade students, faculty, staff
and administration at Ridgedale Elementary School
• My liaison, Dr. Lindstrom
Acknowledgements
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States and Capitals Video