DrTannenhaus Is Seeking Funding to Support a Program to Develop

Multiple Choice

Dr.Tannenhaus is seeking funding to support a program to develop music skills among middle-school students in the fifth through seventh grades.You are on the committee evaluating his grant application.Which of the following pieces of feedback should you give him?

A) I would reject Dr. Tannenhaus' proposal. The ability to acquire music skills is fixed at birth and is unlikely to be influenced by instruction or learning.
B) I would support Dr. Tannenhaus' proposal. The program is right on target.
C) I would encourage Dr. Tannenhaus to revise the proposal, targeting the program at high-schoolers in the ninth through twelfth grades rather than middle-schoolers. Older students are more likely to have the cognitive skills necessary to benefit from the program.
D) I would encourage Dr. Tannenhaus to revise the proposal, targeting the program at preschoolers rather than middle-schoolers. The preschool years are the sensitive period in which the ability to acquire music skills is at its peak.