The Effect of Instructor Feedback on Technique of Undergraduates Studying Instrumental Conducting

The goals and the instructor feedback approach are as possible to comprise clear information in attaining the success criterion of a task or a performance. A group of student teachers in Basic Conducting Technique class participated in the implementation of the instructor feedback program. Overall, the whole program took four sessions over a 4-week period. The first week was a pre- test session, followed by 8 hours of instructor feedback sessions in the second and third weeks. The post-test was conducted in Week 4. The data for this study were gathered by using two sets of standardized assessment instruments (Standard Assessment Format for Basic Conducting Technique) which includes a set of questionnaires and the instrumental music pieces. The instrument is structured in a form of 5-point Likert-type scale to rate the conductor behaviors to communicate with the ensemble. The researcher analyzed the quantitative data to compare pre-test and post-test scores to determine student progress. The data analysis revealed findings that point to the efficiency of the instructor feedback strategy in enhancing students’ conducting effectiveness. The findings pointed out that the instructor feedback program has positive effects on students’ conducting efficacy. As indicated from literatures and the findings in this study, this program is beneficial to those who participate.