Effect of Pullout Lessons on the Academic Achievement of Eighth-Grade Band Students
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Update Applications of Research in Music Education
Publication Date
11-2011
Keywords
academic achievement, instrumental music, pullout lessons, specialized instruction
Abstract
This study examined the effect of pullout instrumental lessons on the academic achievement of eighth-grade band students. Participants (N = 353) included 292 nonband students and 61 band students pulled once per week for music lessons in a single suburban K–8 school district in Midwestern United States. Data indicated that eighth-grade band students achieved significantly higher mean scores on the ACT Explore test than students who dropped band prior to eighth grade (n = 58) or never enrolled in the program (n = 234). In addition, no significant differences existed between all band students and the highest achieving nonband students, or between students who discontinued band after at least 1 year and those who never enrolled. Although band students in this study tended to be more academically successful than nonband students at the outset, these results support the assertion that pullout lessons had no negative effect on academic achievement, regardless of the number of years students participated in the program.
Recommended Citation
Hash, Phillip, "Effect of Pullout Lessons on the Academic Achievement of Eighth-Grade Band Students" (2011). Faculty Publications - Music. 20.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpm/20
Comments
This article was published in Update Applications of Research in Music Education, Volume 30, Issue 1, August 26, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1177/8755123311418482.