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Re:Study finds learning music won’t make children smart by Shivetya on Thursday July 30, 2020 @02:02PM (#24001179)
well I am going with, paying more attention to children regardless of skill, hobby, or whatnot, improves their results across the board.

Each time I read a story about how doing X improves a child's ability I simply think, well yeah, paying more attention to them does that.

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Re:Study finds learning music won’t make children smart by webmaven on Thursday July 30, 2020 @03:04PM (#24001753)
> Each time I read a story about how doing X improves a child's ability I simply think, well yeah, paying more attention to them does that.

This is a problem with a lot of research on educational methodologies as well, in that there is usually some selection bias being applied to the teachers participating in a study, as well as a placebo effect.

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