The Assessment of Music Aptitudes of Very Young Children

Abstract

The identification and teaching of gifted and talented students has been a subject of investigation for a number of years. ’ Unfortunately, emphasis has been on language and mathematical skills, while little attention has been given to the arts. There may have been some justification for this in the past because there was no adequate test for identifying musically precocious children. There has been available since 1965, however, a music aptitude test with substantial longitudinal validity for use with students of nine years and older (Gordon, 1965). Historically, interest in the gifted and talented seems to have centered on the very young child, and even today attention is being focused on the preschool child. It is with that in mind that a new test of music aptitude specifically designed for use with children from kindergarten through grade three,

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