Fractions and Pythagorean Tuning—An Interdisciplinary Study in Secondary Education

Rocío Chao-Fernández, Dorinda Mato-Vázquez and Aurelio Chao-Fernández
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Rocío Chao-Fernández: Department of Specific Didactics and Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, University of A Coruña, 15006 A Coruña, Spain
Dorinda Mato-Vázquez: Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of A Coruña, 15006 A Coruña, Spain
Aurelio Chao-Fernández: Department of Specific Didactics and Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, University of A Coruña, 15006 A Coruña, Spain

Mathematics, 2019, vol. 7, issue 12, 1-13

Abstract: Formal education is experiencing a series of reforms that favor the integration of the contents of different areas in the teaching and learning of the different educational stages. The present study examined the use of an interdisciplinary music and mathematics experience in Secondary Education in Galicia (Spain) in the 2016/17 academic year. A descriptive–exploratory design was used, through a Likert questionnaire applied to 197 students with a diagnostic test and a reference test, and a study of multiple cases was carried out in which information was collected through classroom observations. The results show improvements in the understanding of mathematical and musical concepts, and attitudes and procedures so we can argue that the use of interdisciplinary activities have favored the development of teaching–learning opportunities in mathematical and musical training.

Keywords: music; mathematics; compulsory secondary education; learning; didactic activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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