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Melodic Learning

Memory, Retention and Retrieval Strategies

Melodic learning is a multimodal learning method that uses the defining elements of singing, pitch, rhythm and rhyme, to help capture, store and retrieve information. Widely recognized examples include using the alphabet song to learn the alphabet and the counting song This Old Man to learn to count.

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Core Claim
Melodic learning holds that repeated singing, built on pitch, rhythm and rhyme, helps capture, store and retrieve information more effectively than the same material presented without music. 2
Origin Year
2004 2
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Education Level
Early Childhood Education (ISCED 0) 1
Sources
1. Melodic Learning (Wikipedia)
Widely recognized examples of Melodic Learning include using the alphabet song to learn the alphabet and This Old Man to learn countingView the Source
2. Melodic Learning (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead paragraph
    Melodic Learning is a multimodal learning method that uses the defining elements of singing (pitch, rhythm and rhyme) to facilitate the capture, storage and retrieval of information.
  • Overview section, first paragraph
    In 2004, Dr. Susan Homan, Dr. Robert Dedrick and then doctoral student, Marie C. Biggs of the University of South Florida's College of Education began researching the use of a non-standard approach to reading remediation that used repeated singing of grade leveled songs with struggling, middle school readers.
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