The effects of arts-integrated instruction on memory for science content.

Strong correlational evidence suggests that involvement in the arts improves students' academic outcomes and memory of learning events [1-3]. It is unclear whether the improved outcomes are the result of general exposure to the arts, the integration of arts into content instruction, the use of effective instructional practices, or a combination of these factors. Moreover, as a growing number of studies suggest that arts-integrated pedagogy enhances learning, few empirical studies have explicitly examined the direct effect of an arts-integrated curriculum on learning and specifically on students' memory for non-arts academic content.