Measurement of different types of intelligence (general, verbal vs. non-verbal, multiple), academic performance and study habits of secondary students at a Music Integrated Centre

Abstract

According to many relevant scientific researches conducted in the last few years [1–3], the study of music-related subjects implies greater development of both intellectual and executive functions of students. Those functions comprise musical intelligence [4] and the rest of multiple intelligences [5], as well as the general and factorial intelligence [6]. The present research may help students organise and plan their studies with an improvement of their study habits, thus better self-organising their daily work. Unfortunately, the percentage of secondary students at Music Integrated Centres is less than 0.01% of the total centres; indeed, there are only 10 centres in Spain out of 34,149 total number of non-university education centres of this type [7]. Hence, the sample obtained from this data collection is a rara avis of a great scientific value [8,9]. In this study, a sample of 28 first-year secondary students at a Music Integrated Centre has been collected. In Music Integrated Centres, learners simultaneously study the General Education System and music-related courses from their third year of Primary Education until the second year of Baccalaureate. In order to obtain the data, several measurement tests have been conducted, namely general and factorial intelligence, multiple intelligence and study habits. Moreover, the study collects the academic performance of students in two evaluations carried out the school year 2017–2018 of the general courses on Spanish Language (mother tongue of the students), Mathematics, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and English as a Foreign Language, as well as the music-related subjects, in particular Musical Language, Instrument and Choir. The data gathered for this field study can be useful if related to other researches on students belonging to other levels and modalities at Secondary Education with a focus on multiple intelligences and learning strategies, among others.

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