Campbell- Chapter 13

MUSIC 23241: MUSIC TEACHING AS A PROFESSION
Mr. Marcus L. Neiman, Assistant Professor
Kent State University School of Music
Fall, 2011

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BlackBoard and Text Readings

Submitted by:  Emily Young
Submitted for: Mr. Marcus L. Neiman, lecturer
Date: October 20, 2011

Campbell, Patricia S.  (2008).  Assessment.
Musician & Teacher, Pages 253-265.

    In this chapter Cambell talks about assessment in the music room. Assessment is not always easy for music teachers, especially in ensembles. It is important to have concrete evidence of each students assessment.  Parents and administrators like to know how students receive the grades they get.  This assessment can be done by creating a rubric or a checklist for each student to determine weather they are reaching the goals that were established by the teacher. 
    For ensemble directors, it can be difficult to get a chance to listen to each student individually.  For this reason, teachers can give playing or singing tests. However, the students will surely hate these kinds of tests and we will not like giving them, it is a way to acquire a solid grade for each student.  I sometimes forget about how much teachers have to deal with parents.  The dialogue at the beginning helped me to understand the kinds of interactions I need to prepare myself for in my future career.
    I agree that assessment should be based solely on the goals established for the class.  I think it is very important for the student to know exactly what is expected from him or her.  Some studies have shown that students like organization.  As teachers, we should always keep the needs of the students first.  Campbell offered a lot of good ways to assess students in this chapter.  Since it is rather difficult to assess musicianship of paper, these assessment tools can be very useful to music teacher.