Student Perceptions of Characteristics of Effective Applied Music Instructors

Abstract

The lack of a satisfactory instrument for evaluating applied music instruction stimulated this research. A four-factor (rapport, instructional systemization, instructional skill, and musical knowledge), 30-item rating scale for systemizing student evaluations of applied faculty was developed. The facet-factorial scale development procedure was employed. The study produced a scale that seems appropriate to employ in the evaluation of applied faculty. The inter-judge reliability estimates for the scale are sufficiently high (.88 to .96) and the relationship with an appropriate criterion variable, student performance, seems acceptable (.60).