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collection and all the teachers’ data for each student are in appendices, 6.1d and 6.1e
respectively.
6.1.1 Baseline data and groups
Table 6.1.1 shows the baseline data for students in each group when they were due to
start their block of music therapy - at data collection 1 for group A and data collection
2 for group B. The average age of the students was almost the same in both groups
and of 21 students, 20 were boys.
Table 6.1.1 Summary statistics of the participants in groups A and B
School
Baseline
characteristic
Age
Gender
Group
A
B
A
B
The Centre
School
n=12
CVC
Both
schools
n=21
n=9
N 7 6 13
Mean 12.6yrs 12.5yrs 12.6yrs
Standard
1.27 1.22 1.2
deviation (SD)
(Min, Max) (11, 14) (11, 14) (11, 14)
N 6 3 9
Mean 12yrs 13yrs 12.6yrs
Standard
1 1 1.06
deviation (SD)
Min, Max (11,13) (12,14) (11,14)
Male 6 6 12
Female 1 0 1
Male 6 3 9
Female 0 0 0
Two students in group A had significant hearing-impairment and one in group B was
visually-impaired. Two students (one in group A and one in group B) had English as
a second language. Two students had specified learning difficulties and were
diagnosed with ADHD, one of whom was on medication. Although it would have
been ideal to have no students on medication, this was not able to be monitored as
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