SSS 2012-03-27
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(三)月
英语课
This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick, got a minute?
Stuck on a tricky 1 math problem? Start clapping. Grade school kids who learned about fractions through a rhythm-and-music-based curriculum 2 outperformed their peers 3 in traditional math classes. The work is in Educational Studies in Mathematics.
Fractions let you divide up a measure of music into notes of varying length. For example, one four-beat measure could contain a single whole note held for all four beats, two half notes of two beats apiece, four quarter notes of a beat each, and so on. In the Academic Music program, based on the Kodaly method of musical education, students clap, drum and chant to memorize the lengths of musical notes—then solve problems in which fractional notes must add up to a full measure of music.
Sixty-seven students participated in the study. Half did math problems using the Academic Music system. And after six weeks, the students in the music program averaged 50 percent higher on tests than did the kids in regular math class. Fractions create a solid foundation for further math education—so mastering them is music to educators’ ears.
Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick.
1 tricky
adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的
- I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
- He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。
2 curriculum
n.课程，（学校等的）全部课程
- Is German on your school's curriculum?你们学校有德语课吗？
- The English curriculum should stress both composition and reading.英语课程对作文和阅读应同样重视。