Learning mathematics presents a great difficulty for many individuals throughout the educational process. Music has proven to be an effective tool in overcoming this type of problem. The potential of music as a teaching strategy comes from an understanding of how it is processed in the brain. However, the aim of our research was to find out to what extent individuals learn mathematics with music in the background, what are the parameters of this type of music and whether learning mathematics with music affects their mental processes. 81 high school students took part in the research, and to a large extent they have already developed their study habits. The results obtained with the quantitative research method showed a predominance of students who, at least occasionally, learn mathematics with music in the background. Listening to music while learning mathematics can affect the individual's more relaxed feeling, concentration, memory, activation of more positive emotions and motivation, but individual differences, personal (musical) preferences, and other factors such as working memory capacity, math anxiety, the influence of math educators, setting priorities and goals, individual habits, etc., play an important role. Our findings confirmed that the music individuals listen to while learning mathematics is also their favorite.
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