I am working on the problem of stressors and simulated pressures in student's lives specifically during timed tests. While studying the reaction to pressure on music participation and comprehension, band and choir are just a few of the many different courses that are part of music education around the country. Schools that have year-long music-based education and courses result in more students graduating with a better understanding and control of pressure than schools that do not provide or have defunded their music education. It has also been reported that students tend to have a self-diagnosis of anxiety due to the SAT and ACT requirements for certain colleges according to college application expert Elizabeth Heubeck from EducationWeek.  Perhaps a study that investigates the correlation between music and simulated pressure by a semester survey that puts students under controlled simulated time pressure of three minutes could remedy this situation. 

1. GPA 

   1. GPA is an acronym for the Grade Point Average. GPA is the system used for scoring a student in a particular class usually on a 0-4 scale

2. Pressure 

   1. Excessive or stressful demands, imagined or real, made on an individual to think, feel, or act in particular ways

3. Praxial Philosophy

   1. The philosophy that emphasizes how music should be understood in specific cultural contexts through a grounded concept of music and music education.

4. Musicing 

   1. The contraction of music and making. It is used to express the five most important parts of music making: performing, improvising, composing, arranging, and conducting.

5. Neuropedagogy 

   1. Neuropedagogy is the study of the human brain; specifically the educational status and learning abilities.

6. Education 

   1. The act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally preparing oneself or others intellectually for a mature life.

7. Music 

   1. Music is an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.

Using the method of a survey via Google Forms, answers were gathered on core-subject questions under simulated time pressure. The results produced showed data that musicians scored a higher average of points within the time limit. Overall, implications for the field of study proposed that in a test-like environment, with a simulated time restraint, students with year-long music-based education perform at a higher level under stressful situations. This then leads to better control of time and pressure in musicians than students who do not have a history of music education. This could further exemplify the importance of music education and its role in the high school curriculum.