Transcendental Meditation ‘improves Math and English scores’
March 22nd, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANIWashington, March 22 (ANI): A new study has shown that the Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective approach to improve math and English academic achievement in low-performing students.
The study was conducted at a California public middle school with 189 students who were below proficiency level in English and math. Change in academic achievement was evaluated using the California Standards Tests (CST).
Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one-year period. Forty-one percent of the meditating students showed a gain of at least one performance level in math compared to 15.0 pc of the non-meditating controls.
Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, “below basic” and “far below basic,” the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to controls, which showed a slight gain.
“This initial research, showing the benefits of the Quiet Time/Transcendental Meditation program on academic achievement, holds promise for public education” said Sanford Nidich, lead author and professor of education at Maharishi University of Management.
“The findings suggest that there is an easy-to-implement, value-added educational program which can help low-performing minority students begin to close the achievement gap,” added Nidich.
The study has been published in the journal Education (ANI)
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