Knox County Schools (Knoxville, TN) - 2015
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Participants were 62 low-performing 6th graders. The Muzology group viewed a series of music videos on fractions; the control group viewed videos with the same information presented conversationally. After a week delay (with no further exposure to the learning materials), the Muzology group retained their learning gains; however, the control group returned to near baseline levels, F (1, 60) = 4.84, p < .05, d =.44. Students in the Muzology group also answered twice as many questions correctly as compared to the control group, F (1, 62) = 5.64, p < .05, d =.3. Across conditions, students (71%) preferred the idea of learning with music videos vs. reading about math or watching videos of people talking about math.
Key Findings:
The Muzology group's outperformance is sustained, whereas the control group's performance drops to near baseline measures after a week.