1. Music and its Impact in The Development of Children
Harrison Guetzko
Iowa State University

2. Overview
“How does participation and involvement in music-related activity impact a child’s development?”

3. Literature Review
Rauscher FH, Shaw GL, Ky KN. Music and spatial task performance. Nature 1993; 365: 611 – Mozart effect studied, shows increases in short-term spatial reasoning skills after listening to Mozart for ten minutes, but only proven to enhance brain plasticity for the short-term
Bilhartz, T., Bruhn, R. A., & Olson, J. (2000, January 7). The Effect of Early Music Training on Child Cognitive Development. -- testing scores increased for those students involved in 30 week, 75 minute weekly program that taught music curriculum…. Positive correlation between early music involvement and cognitive ability
Hallam, S. (2010, August 23). The power of music: Its impact on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people. -- studies showed that music involvement is more beneficial than no music involvement at all at young ages, but the biggest improvement comes from enjoying the musical activity rather than just doing it

4. Theoretical Framework
Social Change Model
Strengths-Based Leadership
Transformational Leadership
Adaptive Leadership

5. Methodology Data Collection Data Analysis Quantitative emphasis
Distributed surveys using Facebook and Twitter
Total responses: 221 (43 male, 178 female)
16 different states across the United States
Compared music involvement vs. non-music involvement
Used music involved responses to compare…
GPA and test scores (ACT and/or SAT)
leadership positions held (professional, team, etc.)
sports involvement
outlook on personal music involvement

6. Results // Findings

7. Recommendations

8. References
-- Picture #1 (classroom)
--Picture #2 (violin)