Music makes the difference.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-141) and directory of Web sites (pages 142-144)

Foreword -- Advocacy. Talking points / Ardene Shafer and Michael Blakeslee Straight talk about music and brain research / Ella Wilcox Research linking music and intelligence: helpful or harmful to the string teaching profession / Laura Reed Racin -- Music and young children. Lessons of the music womb / Norman M. Weinberger Recent brain research on young children / John Flohr, Daniel C. Miller, and Diane C. Persellin The effect of music training on preschoolers' spatial-temporal task performance / Joyce Eastlund Gromko and Allison Smith Poorman -- Academic achievement. SAT scores of student in the arts / Sue Rarus The effects of three years of piano instruction on children's cognitive development / Eugenia Costa-Giomi Involvement in the arts and human development: general involvement and intensive involvement in music and theater arts / James S. Catterall -- The intrinsic value of music education. Growing up complete: the imperative for music education / National Commission on Music Education Facing the risks of the "Mozart effect" / Bennett Reimer -- Resources. Annotated bibliography: Music, brain development, and learning / Wendy L. Sims and Cathi C. Wilson Web sites / Sue Rarus