Teaching mathematics with music : a pilot study

Tara Julia Hamilton; Julieanne Doai; Andrew Milne; Vicky Saisanas; Andrea Calilhanna; Courtney Hilton; Micah Goldwater; Richard Cohn

doi:10.1109/TALE.2018.8615262

Teaching mathematics with music : a pilot study

Tara Julia Hamilton, Julieanne Doai, Andrew Milne, Vicky Saisanas, Andrea Calilhanna, Courtney Hilton, Micah Goldwater, Richard Cohn

Western Sydney University

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![CDATA[A solid foundation in mathematics is paramount to a comprehensive STEM education. Many students, however, struggle with connecting mathematical concepts with their everyday life and find its symbolic nomenclature unintuitive; subsequently this can be a significant barrier for many students in undertaking further STEM studies. In this paper we describe a pilot study which aims to determine whether understanding in mathematics, and specifically, fractions, equivalence, ordinance, and division, improves when we employ music and musical rhythm in our lessons. This pilot study is currently being trialed at a public high school in Sydney's South-West and despite the fact that the study is ongoing, preliminary data suggest students are responding to this novel teaching methodology. In this paper we report increases in both test performance and, importantly, student engagement.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 4-7, December 2018, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	927-931
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781538665220
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615262
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	IEEE International Conference on Teaching_Assessment and Learning for Engineering - Duration: 4 Dec 2018 → …

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ISSN (Print)	2470-6698

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Teaching_Assessment and Learning for Engineering
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mathematics
study and teaching (secondary)
music

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Hamilton, T. J., Doai, J., Milne, A., Saisanas, V., Calilhanna, A., Hilton, C., Goldwater, M., & Cohn, R. (2018). Teaching mathematics with music : a pilot study. In Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 4-7, December 2018, Wollongong, NSW, Australia (pp. 927-931). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615262

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Hamilton, TJ, Doai, J, Milne, A, Saisanas, V, Calilhanna, A, Hilton, C, Goldwater, M & Cohn, R 2018, Teaching mathematics with music : a pilot study. in Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 4-7, December 2018, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. IEEE, pp. 927-931, IEEE International Conference on Teaching_Assessment and Learning for Engineering, 4/12/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615262

Teaching mathematics with music : a pilot study. / Hamilton, Tara Julia; Doai, Julieanne; Milne, Andrew et al.
Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 4-7, December 2018, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. IEEE, 2018. p. 927-931.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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