1 minPablo Picasso once said, “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” So beautifully said and refreshingly true. Not just this, the Indiana Youth Institute reveals a few interesting facts to prove that arts is a field that can be used to do more than just entertain.
Involvement in the arts is linked with better academics. Numerous studies have supported this view, finding consistently higher academic and social ratings from artistically- involved youth. Students with higher participation in the arts have better scores in standardized tests than those with lower participation.
If you know your Do re mi’s well, then your mathematical skills will improve because apparently, musical involvement promotes better math skills. This is attributed to the inherent special and geometric reasoning in sheet music, and has the largest effect on low socio-economic status students. Music training is also associated with an enhanced ability to read- specifically phonological awareness, which is a predictor of early literacy. It can be said that arts education overall enacts several cognitive changes.
Arts may not be what make the world go around but they definitely make it a better place. A few stats for you.
Artists, art organizations, and even governmental agencies have long proclaimed the benefits of artistic enrichment for youth. Numerous studies have supported this view, finding consistently higher academic and social ratings from artistically- involved youth. While most have found correlational results, some researchers have even shown casual relationships.
Students with a high involvement in instrumental or choral classes tend to outperform in math subjects than those with low involvement. This is attribute to the inherent speicla and geometric reasoning in sheet music , and has the largest effect on low socio-economic status students.
Youth involved in arts organizations were more likely to spend leisure time in community service or youth groups and had better ratings for self worth than those who were not involved in an arts organization.
Training in theater leads to a memeory improvement; mostly be learning skills to remember line.
High levels of music training is linked with both short and long term memory improvements.
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