Music, At-Risk Students, and the Missing Piece.

Shuler, Scott C.

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ERIC Number: EJ443701

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Music, At-Risk Students, and the Missing Piece.

Shuler, Scott C.

Music Educators Journal, v78 n3 p21-29 Nov 1991

Suggests that music education by its nature is well suited to meeting the special needs of at-risk students. Discusses the role of music in motivating and enabling students to succeed. Defines the causes of failure as inability and lack of desire to learn when at-risk students receive the wrong kind of instruction. (DK)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Individualized Instruction, Learning Problems, Music Education, Outcomes of Education, Potential Dropouts, Student Motivation, Student Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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