TY - BOOK AU - Kaschub,Michele AU - Smith,Janice ED - MENC, the National Association for Music Education (U.S.) TI - Minds on music: composition for creative and critical thinking SN - 9781607091936 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - MT 40 .K28 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Rowman & Littlefield Education KW - Composition (Music) KW - Instruction and study N1 - "Published in partnership with MENC: The National Association for Music Education."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-281); Rationale and research. Learning and teaching music composition ; On young composers composing : characteristics, creative capacities, and compositions ; Supporting roles : tools, tasks, and teachers -- Conceptualizing compositional pedagogy. Preparing for composing ; Assessment ; Designing and working in a composing community -- Teaching and learning composition. Composing in early childhood ; Composing in the upper elementary grades ; The transition to middle school : composing in grades five and six ; Composing in upper middle school ; Composing in high school -- The future of composition education. The composition program ER -