The Power of Music and Education

Jared listens to AC/DC and the Eagles when he's studying. He likes to listen to music that is harder before music that is mellow. His favorite subject to listen to music while studying in is English, as long as he's not reading, but especially for vocab. For him, Spanish is too hard of a language to listen to music in as it's difficult to back and forth between languages.  

Emily sometimes listens to music while studying, and she listens to a little bit of everything. She thinks that music is perfect for studying for any subject, and has no trouble concentrating in any subject while listening to music.

Spencer loves music but he says it’s hard to focus on studying when he listens to music, so he only does it sometimes.  It depends on what he's doing, but if the task is strenuous, it’s hard for him to listen to music that hypes him up because he's then just focusing on the music and not his work. He doesn't have a favorite class to use music to study for, but he says that if it’s easy, he�...

Scout enjoys listening to music when she's studying. She likes to listen to the Spotify playlist "LoFi Study Beats" Specifically History and English, which are classes that are not her favorite. She says that no subject is too distracting for music.

Tori listens to music when studying, specifically "Wolves at the Gate". She can't listen to music with words in it when she is studying for a language class (English, Latin) and loves to listen to music when studying for math class.

Taylor doesn't often listen to music while studying, but when she does, she listens to country music. One of her favorite study songs is "When it Rains, it Pours" by Luke Combs. She doesn't have a favorite class to listen to music in, but math is her least favorite as the music is too distracting.

Noah likes to listen to the Mac Miller album "Swimming" while he's studying. He says that history class is the best for study music, and math is the worst because the music is too distracting.

Sanjit says that he listens to music while studying, but only sometimes. He listens to what he likes to call an "all over playlist" that features 80's music, pop, and rap. He says that math is the best class for study music because of the routine, and English is the worst class for study music because it's hard to focus on two sources of words at once.

Jaime listens to Khalid and other "chill" music while studying. Jaime says that math is the best class to listen to music in because there is a pattern. He says it is better to listen to classical music while reading because there are no words in the song to distract from the words he's reading.

Ellie does not listen to music while studying. She thinks that "some background noise is good because it helps me to focus." However, since music has a pattern, she can find it distracting. Ellie says that the only class she listens to music in is Band.  

Autumn listens to music while studying, and specifically listens to chill music like Khalid. She listens to music while studying for all subjects, and listens to music while reading as well.

Riss listens to music while studying, particularly to the iTunes "Chill Radio" station. She generally listens to music when studying for all classes, but finds it hard to listen to music and read at the same time.