Action Research Update

Just wanted to write a short update on the results I've discovered while compiling my data. It seems that while Classical music did bore the students, the writing scores were on par with the scores taken the days that no music was played. Piano music made the students appear sleepy and unmotivated, but the writing scores were once again on par with the Classical and no music scores. Pop music, while it did get the students moving and motivated, did produce noticeably lower scores (a little over a full point). Keeping this all in mind, it appears to me as if Pop music is great for informal writing assignments, such as journal prompts. This genre of music might be a little to upbeat for formal writing assignments, though, so I would avoid this in the future. Piano music, however, seems perfect for formal assignments. Students are on-task and working, and produce results that are similar to results taken when no music is played.