This study is relevant because many students have the ability to perform in a variety of ways. According to Gardner (1983), many students have multiple intelligences; this study was merely an attempt to conceptualize this information and determine if in fact student performance increased or decreased with musical interference. Other researchers like, Mowesian (1973) suggest that regardless of testing conditions music, as a distracter is not a new experience for test-takers and therefore not distracting in a testing situatio

n. He suggests that many students study with music playing in their own homes and possibly with other distracters, such as television, so music as subtle and soothing as Mozart would more often benefit test-takers. He

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