Music as a Distractor on Reading-Test Performance of Eighth Grade Students
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 36 (3_suppl) , 1265-1266
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1973.36.3c.1265
Abstract
Playing of popular instrumental music during a test was distracting and lowered reading-test performance of 14 eighth grade students. Ability statistically significantly interacted with reading performance; 7 less able students were more adversely affected than 7 bright students.Keywords
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