Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)

Does Absolute Music Help Chinese College Students Improve the Study Performance? A Test of Absolute Musical Influence

Authors
Xiaoyi Guo1, , Yalan Qin2, *, , Xinhuan Wu3,
1Zhangjiakou No.1 Senior High School, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China
2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
3College of Mount Saint Vincent, New York City, New York, U.S.

These authors contributed equally

*Corresponding author. Email: yalanqin@umich.edu
Corresponding Author
Yalan Qin
Available Online 24 December 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.427How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Chinese college student; absolute music; academic performance; math; positive affect
Abstract

This study investigated the absolute music’s short-term effect on Chinese college students’ academic performance. One questionnaire contains Chinese college freshmen level Math problems (Estimated time: 40 mins), which were picked from several final review question lists. Based on our two groups (totally 52 persons) of participants’ Math learning experiences during the first year of college. One group of students listened to absolute music for 30 minutes before the Math test, another group of students did not listen to absolute music before the Math test. The result of the comparison between two groups revealed differences among two groups. The group with absolute music had a higher average score and used less time than the non-absolute music group. Our findings echoed previous studies on the relationship between absolute music and academic performance, enabling us to better understand the positive study effect of absolute music.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
24 December 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-495-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.427How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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