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       Pairing Linguistic and Music Intelligences

by Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo, Independent Scholar

• In 2004, statistical results of case study research by Dr. Maryann DiEdwardo, suggest that pairing music and linguistic intelligences in the college classroom improves students’ grades and abilities to compose theses statements for research papers in courses that emphasize reading and writing skills (DiEdwardo 2004).

   DiEdwardo. “Pairing Music and Linguistic Intelligences.”  Record, Vol. 41, No. 3, Spring 2005. http://www.healingmusic.org/Library/Newsroom/PairingLinguisticAndMusicIntelligences.asp

    In initial study in 2003, Maryann refined Howard Gardner’s (1993) definition of music as a “separate intellectual competence” 

and compared music intelligence to linguistic intelligence. Furthermore, through acknowledgment of MI Theory, educators infuse
cognitive abilities of students by helping them “think” as one of my students suggested.

    As Howard Gardner, the founder of MI Theory suggests, “Very worthwhile. The next step is to figure out why you got the 

effects that you did. Is music motivational? Does it activate other brain centers? Does it have some kind of intrinsic link
to linguistic capacities? Would the effect work the other way around, or with other materials (2004 email)?”

   She speaks for International Conferences.