Teaching/Learning Processes

Question|Title Department Issue Authors
How do you identify student learning patterns? Motivation 1990, 1-3 Keith Golay
What is the difference in the way you teach children and adults? Adult Piano Study 1990, 1-3 Reid Alexander, JoEllen DeVilbiss, Carol Walgren-Georgas, Rebecca Johnson
How do you plan a student's repertoire for the coming school year? Repertoire 1991, 2-2 Sara Krohn, Leanne Stehle Hedges, James B. Lyke
How does technology enhance your traditional approach to teaching? Technology 1991, 2-2 Martha Appleby, Susan Ogilvy, Judy Plagge
How do you adapt your teaching style to each student's learning pattern? Motivation 1991, 2-3 Keith Golay
How do you adjust your teaching to accommodate each student's preferred mode of sensory perception? Motivation 1992, 3-1 Sylvia Coats, Susan Bruckner
How is teaching teenage beginners different from teaching adult beginners? Adult Piano Study 1992, 3-4 Susan Ogilvy, May Jane Mann
How do you decide what to say after your student finishes playing? Motivation 1993, 4-3 Ilana and Richard Kennell
Can a student have fun and learn at the same time? Motivation 1993, 4-4 J. Ritter Werner
How do you decide what to say after your student finishes playing? Part II Motivation 1994, 5-2 Joyce Cameron with assistance from four piano teachers
How do you transfer students' understanding of theory to their understanding of repertoire? Repertoire 1994, 5-4 Linda Stump, Ann Milliman Gipson
How do you balance your emphasis on accuracy and interpretation? Motivation 1995, 6-1 Rebecca Johnson, Connie Anderson, Peggy Randolph, Victoria Ebel-Sabo
How do you teach intuitive students to make decisions about interpretation? Repertoire 1995, 6-2 Dona Buel, Kaleel Skeirik
How do you teach to encourage independent learning? Part I Motivation 1995, 6-4 Joyce Cameron
How do you teach to encourage independent learning? Part II Motivation 1996, 7-1 Joyce Cameron
What did you learn from a week's worth of reading problems? Music Reading 1996, 7-2 Judith Kotok, Georgann Gasaway, M'Lou Dietzer
How do you use exploration to create convincing interpretation? Motivation 1996, 7-3 Bruce Berr, Rebecca Shockley
Do your students hear their newly assigned repertoire before they begin to practice? Rhythm 1996, 7-4 Carol E. Ratzlaf, Judy Warburton, Jennifer Lim
How do you use exploration to solve technical problems? Motivation 1996, 7-4 Mary Hall Kogen, Joanne Haroutounian
How much time do you spend each week preparing to teach? U & Your Piano 1997, 8-1 Kathy Hammer, Robbie S. Hughes, Kristi Lobitz
How do you use exploration to confirm and solidify learning? Motivation 1997, 8-1 Richard Chronister, Ivan Frazier
What do you do in the lesson when the student has not practiced? Home practice 1997, 8-2 Craig Sale, Luise May, Nancy Liley
What makes learning stick? Motivation 1997, 8-2 Joyce Cameron
For what purposes do you play for your students? Motivation 1997, 8-3 Marvin Blickenstaff, Elvina Pearce
What did I learn today? What could I have learned today? Motivation 1997, 8-4 Rebecca Johnson, Susan Bruckner
What aspects of teaching rhythm are the most difficult for your intern teachers? Rhythm 1998, 9-1 Kathleen Murray, Martha Baker, Marcia Bosits Norrman, Victoria McArthur
Did I really mean to say that? Motivation 1998, 9-4 Melissa Falb, Beverly Lapp
How do you know your students are learning under those headphones? Technology 1999, 10-1 Diane Volkman, Judith S. Siegel, Cynthia Benson
In what ways do your own early-level piano lessons influence the way you teach? Motivation 1999, 10-2 Joyce Cameron
Teaching skills: What does PATIENCE & PERSISTENCE have to do with it? Rhythm 1999, 10-3 Bruce Berr
How is teaching different on other instruments? Music Reading 2000, 11-1 Chelcy Bowles, Nancy Weckwerth
How do you introduce new pieces to students? Repertoire 2000, 11-2 Martha Smith, Yu-Jane Yang, Annette Conklin, Susan See
How does your experience with rhythm help you in the process of teaching? Rhythm 2000, 11-3 Steve Betts, Kathleen Murray
How can we link pedagogy, performance, and a cognitive approach to coping with performance anxiety? Motivation 2000, 11-3 Phyllis Alpert Lehrer
What makes a piece too hard for a student?  Repertoire 2001, 12-1 Sylvia Coates, Melissa Falb, Karen Bauman Schlabaugh, Benjamin Whitten
How do you cultivate your students' understanding of theory through the repertoire they play? Repertoire 2001, 12-3 Audrejean Heydenburg, Marilynn A. Snyder, Suzanne Torkelson
What can be learned about teaching children from teaching adults? Adult Piano Study 2002, 13-3 Matt Harre
How do you deal with students whose learning styles do not match your own? Perspectives 2003, 14-1 Cynthia Benson, Tom Pearsall
How does your own piano practicing inform your piano teaching? Perspectives 2004, 15-2 Jeongwon Ham, Phyllis Alpert Lehrer
How do you help to make your students' lessons more relevant to their lives? News & Views 2004, 15-2 Suzanne Guy, Joselyn Makowski
How do you adapt your technical approach to allow for individual student differences? Technique 2005, 16-1 Judith Fairchild, Cheryl Gingerich, Tianshu Wang 
When viewing intern teaching, what issues do you find yourself constantly addressing? Perspectives 2005, 16-1 Sandra L. Carnes, Barbara Fast, Andrew Hisey
What aspects of teaching rhythm are the most difficult for your intern teachers?  Rhythm 2005, 16-2 Cynthia Benson, Barbara Fast, Kenneth T. Williams
How do you use technology to facilitate cooperative learning? Technology 2005, 16-2 Linda Christensen, Nancy Davis, Priscilla Heffield
Are you product-oriented, process-oriented, or both? Perspectives 2006, 17-2 Peter Webster

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