Evaluations: Ear Training

Spring 2020 Ear Training Survey

I'm considering assigning all singing quizzes to every student digitally (as we did these last several weeks), instead of asking for volunteers and/or rolling dice to determine who sings which one in class. That will force every student to practice, and remove any in-class performance anxiety. Is this a good idea, or a not-so-good idea? Why? *

There was some concern among all the ear training teachers that the unit 2 dictation exam was more of a “transcription” test than a true ear training test because there was nothing preventing students from cheating by using a piano to check their work. Be honest: Did you cheat? (Remember, these responses will not influence your own grades.) If yes, how so and to what extent? If not, why didn't you? *

That concern was the impetus behind canceling the unit 3 dictation exam in favor of a more robust unit 3 hearing. That certainly made it easier (or at least less time-consuming) for both teacher and student, but do you think it was a better assessment of student capability and learning? *

Anything else I should do for my future ear training classes? *

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