Objective-Based Teaching
As a string teacher, I’ve found that there is an overwhelming amount of information to teach beginning students. Most beginners go home unsure of what to practice so they end up trying to play songs with incorrect position and technique.
One remedy to this is to give students “homework” that can be completed over the course of a couple of weeks. I call these “Skill Sheets” (see sample here). These skill sheets cover the most important information learned in class and give students simple assignments to reinforce the objectives taught.
For example, one of the skills on the first skill sheet is to teach the bow hold to two adults using a straw. If students can teach this important skill to others, they have mastered it. As a teacher, using these skill sheets helps me stay focused on what I really need to be teaching.
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