Investigating the importance of self-theories of intelligence and musicality for students’ academic and musical achievement

Musical abilities and active engagement with music have been shown to be positively associated with many cognitive abilities as well as social skills and academic performance in secondary school students. While there is evidence from intervention studies that musical training can be a cause of these...

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Main Authors: Daniel eMüllensiefen, Peter eHarrison, Francesco eCaprini, Amy eFancourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01702/full