Music lessons: effects/correlations on/between general and musical intelligence according to age and gender
Abstract - To investigate how music lessons, affects one’s improvement in general and musical Intelligence Quotient (IQ) by looking at IQ scores using tests. The review discusses the past research conducted identifying experimental flaws and limitations. The study intends to replicate previous research correcting their flaws and limitations. 54 participants (27 males/27 females) between the ages of 6 and 40 years old were recruited to complete 3 tests conducted at the University of Otago.
Contemporary Political Action - Political Science Research Paper
This project presents the research proposal “Mediactivism and the carnivalization of protest in contemporary political action”. By this, I intend to draw a panorama of recent political activism in various parts of the world, highlighting some vertentes of this activist wave in which we can see the choice for dramatized, spectacular, carnivalized or “fun” political manifestations. Drawing from this panorama, we can start an analysis of the groups who practice this particular form of protest and what leads them to do that.
Example of Formal Letter - English Course Assignment - Letter to TVs Survivor Programme
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing with regard to your advertisement requesting of volunteers to take part in the next edition of your survivor programme, which I have been watching for the last three seasons.
Discuss your career goals. What are your alternatives to INSEAD? (500 words approx.)
My early goals of pursuing a professional tennis career laid not only my path from Brazil to the United States, but also from high school to college. However, it was my affinity to development, self improvement and creativity which gave direction to my professional business career. During my college years, the internet became a powerful marketing tool.
Have you ever experienced culture shock? What did it mean to you? (250 words approx.)
Even though I had been to the United States before, to move there presented me with a big challenge to adapt to a completely new environment. During the first few weeks, I was thrilled, pleased by all of the new things I encountered. Mostly everything I came across was new and exciting, such as the tennis academy, the car, the house, the opportunity to learn another language, to expand my horizons in a foreign country.
Describe a situation taken from school, business, civil or military life, where you did not meet your personal objectives, and discuss briefly the effect. (250 words approx.)
From the age of 6, I was trying to hit my first tennis strokes. I acquired a love to the sport and throughout my teenage years in Brazil I competed in junior tournaments. My goal was to become a professional tennis player.
Example of Graduate School Admission Essay - Two Personal Accomplishments
Describe what you believe to be your two most substantial accomplishments to date (at least one must be professional), explaining why you view them as such. (400 words approx.)
Example of Graduate School Admission Essay - Personal Description Paper
Prompt: Give a candid description of yourself, stressing the personal characteristic you feel to be your strengths and weaknesses and the main factors which have influenced your personal development, giving examples if necessary. (400 words app.)
From the Sword to Wisdom - Theology Essay
Kendo, the Way of the Sword is a uniquely Japanese expression of Zen and its ultimate principle in rational reality. It was believed that the principles and practices found in the daily elements of the swordsman where not only principles of a chosen career but actual expressions themselves of Zen.
Example Journal - Creative Writing Brainstorming Exercise
JE#1- l connected immediately with the parson because of his analytical nature. Unlike the other characters he did not take things as they came - he instead took a less optimistic perspective and discounted the quick fix so to speak as ineffective at best and recommended a different course of action through penitence. He acted smarter and significantly more cautious - two very important qualities.
