Excerpt from A Survey of Musical Talent in the Public Schools, Vol. 1: Representing the Examination of Children of the Fifth and the Eighth Grades in the Public Schools of Des Moines, Iowa With the Author's Measures of Musical Talent The psychology of individual differences has made significant progress during the past ten years. In A Survey of Musical Talent in the Public Schools, Professor Seashore makes a marked advance in the applications of psychology by formulating scientific means for analyzing and evaluating special abilities in musical talent: by establishing norms for fifth and eighth grade children; by standardizing methods, apparatus, and technique for group procedure in schools; by presenting fundamental principles for discovering musical talent and conserving musical capacity; and by developing a science of vocational and avocational guidance within this field. This survey was made under the auspices of the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station, which is organizing a comprehensive program for the investigation of individual traits and abilities of normal children with particular reference to the earlier ages. The editor is glad to present this monograph by a recognized authority as a model of one type of applied scientific procedure in which the Station is engaged. The requests for this study which already have been received from this country and abroad assure it a wide field of usefulness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

What sets this book apart is the detailed data that it provides on the musical talent of schoolchildren in Des Moines, Iowa, in the early 20th century. Drawing on the results of tests given to students in grades five and eight, Carl Emil Seashore provides insights into the development of musical ability and offers suggestions for how educators can nurture talent in young people. This volume includes both the test results and Seashore's analysis of the data. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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