Effectiveness of Music Education for the Improvement of Reading Skills and Academic Achievement in Young Poor Readers: A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Cogo Moreira, Hugo ^a   de Ávila, Clara Regina Brandão ^a   Ploubidis, George B ^b   Mari, Jair de Jesus ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSIC THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POLICY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; THERAPY EFFECT;

CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MUSIC; READING;

EID: 84875450880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059984     Document Type: Article

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