Assessing Instrumental Music Students

Paper Summary:

This paper presents a research proposal that will evaluate several different assessment techniques for evaluating the music student and that it will focus on assessment in music class. The paper also explains that the proposed research will answer the research question "What are the best forms of assessment for an instrumental music class?", and will examine several types of assessment methods and tools in order to determine their applicability in the music classroom.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Purpose
Research Question
Rationale
Definition of Terms
Literature Review
Portfolio Assessment
Standardized Tests
Concert/Recital
Summary
Methodology

From the Paper:

"On the collegiate or professional level, the most common form of assessment is the portfolio. For the music student, this portfolio will include evaluation from third parties and self- evaluations of performances and other works. The portfolio might contain various pieces of evidence that support the student's competence in a given area. It will also include some original pieces, or evidence of independent research. As Goolsby (1995) notes, reliability is one of the key disadvantages of the portfolio as a method of evaluation."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Asmus, Edward P. "Music Assessment Concepts." Music Educators Journal Vol.86 No. 2. Special Focus: Assessment in Music Education. (Sep., 1999): 19-24.
• Bass, Lisa P. "Assessment Measures Music Learning." Music Educators Journal, Vol.68, and No.9 (May, 1982):30-32.
• Cope, Carolyn O. "Steps Toward Effective Assessment." Music Educators Journal, Vol. 83, No. 1. (July, l996)
• Dorn, Charles M., Stanley S. Madeja and F. Robert Sabol. "Assessing Expressive Learning, A Practical Guide for Teacher -Directed, Authentic Assessment in K-12 Arts Education." (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004) 43-45.
• Goolsby, Thomas W. "Portfolio Assessment for Better Education." Music Educators Journal, Vol.83, No.3. (Nov., 1995):39-44.

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