In short, music, memory and emotion are closely linked. People with Alzheimer’s disease might not be able to remember their spouse, but can often recite songs from their youth.Ī 2009 study by a UC Davis psychology researcher, published in the journal Cerebral Cortex, found that the region of the brain that stores memories is the same region that processes music and emotion. It’s how epics like “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” were passed down through the centuries, and how toddlers learn their ABCs and 123s. Many studies, including one in the journal Memory and Cognition, have shown that information set to music is easier to remember. Jorgensen said that weaving music into math lessons has boosted her students’ test scores, enhanced their understanding of the larger concepts, improved the classroom climate and accomplished something few would think possible of middle-school math: Made it fun.
A lesson on monomial exponent rules becomes: Jorgensen, who teaches 7th – and 8th –grade math, leads her students in ditties, chants and dance moves to help them remember basic formulas in algebra and geometry. “Anything that’s an algorithm, I have a song for it,” said the energetic middle-school math teacher in Hayward Unified, in the east Bay Area. Jami Jorgensen is the human jukebox of quadratic equations.
MUSIC MATH FOR 8TH GRADE ARCHIVE
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