Effect of music on reading comprehension of junior high school students

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-187

  Anderson, Stacey A ^a   Fuller, Gerald B ^a  

^a WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Junior high school students; Music; Popular lyrical music; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957271819     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021213     Document Type: Article

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