Motivation

Question|Title Department Issue Authors
How do you motivate your piano students? Motivation 1990, 1-1 Joyce Cameron, Guy Duckworth
What music motivates children to enjoy playing? Motivation 1990, 1-2 Joyce Cameron, Jeanine Yeager, Doris Allen
What part do you expect parents to play in helping students stay motivated? Motivation 1990, 1-4 Elvina Truman Pearce, Doris Koppelman, Fran Shuler-Ellis, Christopher Hepp
How do you keep your students interested in practicing scales? Home practice 1991, 2-4 Rebecca Johnson, Jean Hull, Joseph Rezits
What makes you (your child) want to practice? Motivation 1992, 3-2 Joyce Cameron with assistance from 25 students, parents, and teachers
How does your interview tell you what is likely to motivate a new student? Motivation 1993, 4-1 Elva Michal, Keith Golay
How do you motivate teenagers? Motivation 1993, 4-2 Gwen Brubaker, Joey Hokayem
How do you use improvisation to motivate your students? Motivation 1994, 5-1 Anne Farber, Joyce Cameron
How do you renew your enthusiasm for teaching each year? Motivation 1994, 5-3 Rebecca Johnson, Sarah Faye Blickenstaff
What makes piano study a positive experience for you/your child? Motivation 1994, 5-4 Joyce Cameron with the help of seven students and parents
How do you motivate your students to practice technique? Technique 1995, 6-2 Catherine W. Cox, Jean M. Fox, Jed A. Galant
How do you motivate the MTV lover to be a serious piano student? Motivation 1995, 6-2 Karen Zorn, James Goldsworthy
How do you keep students interested in practicing a piece over an extended period of time? Home practice 1996, 7-2 William Phemister, Jeanine Jacobson, Janice Razaq
What is the difference between what motivates you today and what motivated you as a child? Motivation 1996, 7-2 Sonja Leshan, Kristi Kruse
Why did you quit piano lessons? T/S/P 1996, 7-4 Claire Zebel, Mary Kay Zabel, Megan Breslin, Ben Kreader
PRAISE! Should we reappraise it? Motivation 1998, 9-1 Joyce Cameron
How do you help your students acquire self-confidence? Mapping the way to understanding. Motivation 1998, 9-2 Rebecca Shockley, Marianne Fleming Bryan, Gail Berenson
What motivates adults to continue lessons? Motivation 1998, 9-3 Kris Johnson, Beverly Rineer, Brian M. Kent
How do you balance repertoire students want to play with repertoire you want to teach? Repertoire 1998, 9-3 Peggy Hegel, Karen Harrington, Susan See
What repertoire do you pull out of the hat when a student falls into a slump? Repertoire 1998, 9-4 Sixteen teachers who are listed at the end of the article
What motivates teens to continue playing the piano? Motivation 1999, 10-1 Jenni Reed, Becky Chasnov, Kathryn Lee, Katy Lemmon
What encourages your students? Part I Motivation 1999, 10-3 Gwen Brubaker, Yat-Yee Chong
How do you encourage your students? Part II  Motivation  1999, 10-4  Joyce Cameron
What do you do with a student who hates to play the piano? T/S/P   2000, 11-1 Barbara Kreader
What are your best success stories about adult students? Adult   2000, 11-1 Betty Oka, Nicole Tobin-Donnelly, Sandra Stewart, Lisa Iwasaki-McGowen
What do you do when a child doesn't practice? T/S/P  2000, 11-2 Barbara Kreader
Is there a relationship between student dropouts and when and how reading is introduced? Music Reading  2000, 11-2 Elvina Pearce, Adela Bay
How do you motivate students to want to practice? Motivation 2000, 11-2 Mary Tollefson
How do you make learning experiences FUN - for yourself and for your students?  Perspectives 2002, 13-3 Michelle Conda, Andrew Hisey, Joan M. Reist
Is there a way to make technical practice fun? Technique 2004, 15-3 Stephen Cook, Christy Dolan, Peter Mack
What motivates adults to continue piano lessons? Adult 2004, 15-3 Sandra Leibowitz
Who/what motivated you most during your years of teaching? T/S/P 2006, 17-4 Barbara Kreader

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