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- Title
Authentic Assessments In Group Piano Classes.
- Authors
Young, Margaret
- Abstract
This article explores the effect of authentic assessment on the performance skills and attitudes of third-semester, university-level group piano students. Students from two group piano classes participated in this study. The experimental group (n = 12) participated in activities over six weeks, which required them to demonstrate their piano proficiency by teaching or accompanying their classmates, while the control group (n = 10) demonstrated their piano skills by performing solos and other exercises for their instructor. Following the posttest, students completed a questionnaire gathering their opinions regarding group piano courses. Statistical analyses compared pretest and posttest performance scores; results indicated that students from both groups made significant improvements, although there were no significant differences between the two groups. Students from the experimental group found the activities rewarding and were more positive regarding piano classes than the control group, suggesting that authentic assessments improve students' perceptions of group piano instruction for music majors.
- Subjects
PIANO instruction; MUSIC education; MUSIC in universities &; colleges; MUSICAL performance; ABILITY research; RESEARCH; COLLEGE students
- Publication
MTNA e-Journal, 2013, Vol 4, Issue 4, p14
- ISSN
2152-7210
- Publication type
Article