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Music enhances writing, my case study. Maryann DiEdwardo
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Adjunct Professor Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo Ed.D. Lehigh University and University of Maryland Global Campus
Alumna Lehigh University
2017 UMGC Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award (Drazek award), UMGC Professional Achievement Awards 2016 and 2017; College English Association Professional Achievement Award 2018 and 2017 CEA Karen Lentz Award for Scholarship, Northampton Community College Project Aware Award for Service.
Dr. Maryann P. DiEdwardo is the author of more than fifty academics publications including books, short stories, and articles, including “Pairing Linguistic and Music Intelligences.” Her case study research connects music as representative of culture and relates to the rhetoric found in literary passages. For example, modern songs with lyrics hold cultural contextual meanings and metaphors, such as “A Thousand Miles,” by Vanessa Carlton. Students compare songs to current multicultural literature and demonstrate connections. For example, the work of Chinua Achebe can be understood through the comparison of her works to the works of modern songwriters. Modern music transforms, and allows the student to learn literature, reading, and writing through the theory that promotes transformation.
In 2004, results of Maryann P. DiEdwardo’s case study research suggested that the integration of music in the college classroom improved students’ grades and abilities to compose thesis statements for research papers in courses that emphasize reading and writing skills. In her initial study, Dr. DiEdwardo refined Howard Gardner’s 1993 definition of music as a separate intellectual competence.
