Does Music Training Enhance Literacy Skills? A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Children's engagement in music practice is associated with enhancements in literacy-related language skills, as demonstrated by multiple reports of correlation across these two domains. Training studies have tested whether engaging in music training directly transfers benefit to children's literacy skill development. Results of such studies, however, are mixed. Interpretation of these mixed results is made more complex by the fact that a wide range of literacy-related outcome measures are used across these studies. Here, we address these challenges via a meta-analytic approach. A comprehensive literature review of peer-reviewed music training studies was built around key criteria needed to test the direct transfer hypothesis, including: (a) inclusion of music training vs. control groups; (

SUBMITTER: Gordon RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4664655 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature