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Q: Besides a good piano, name the other essential piece of equipment

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A: Metronome

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Q: Name two of the most important factors to a positive teaching environment:

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A: Good lighting; Good acoustics

3
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Q: Besides making sure that the child practices assignments regularly, name one other responsibility of parents.

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A: Paying tuition on time

4
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Q: The ______ student are usually taking piano lessons because _____ ____ __.

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A: Advanced; they want to

5
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Q: The _________ student usually presents the greatest challenges to both teacher and parents.

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A: intermediate

6
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Q: For the average child, age _____ can also be the ideal time to begin piano study.

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A: 7

7
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Q: The most successful pre-piano study usually occurs in a _____ _______

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A: Group setting

8
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Q: Give the age categories for piano students:

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A: Pre-piano: 4-6; Beginner: 7-10; Intermediate: 9-14; Advanced: 14-18-80

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Q: The teacher’s responsibility is to teach the student not only how to play the piano but how to ______

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A: Practice

10
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Q: Name one teaching aid, but not equipment

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A: Flash cards

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Q: One of the most vexing problems for most teachers is ______ tuition payments ___ ____!!!!!

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A: collecting; on time

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Q: According to the text, discounted tuition rates ______ be given.

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A: Shouldn’t

13
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Q: Several factors must be considered when in establishing an appropriate tuition rate, including _______ degrees and _______, _______ both in playing the piano and instructing, range of _____ provided by one’s studio, the total _____ involved in teaching piano, the going rate in one’s _____ and _______ time.

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A: Academic; training; experience; services; work; community; vacation

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Q: Each studio policy must be designed to fit the particular needs of the _______ and the _________ they serve.

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A: Teacher; Community

15
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Q: ______ is the most difficult physical gesture for a child.

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A: Clapping

16
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Q: If a prospective student cannot read, three options are available. Name one.

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A: Wait till they can read

17
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Q: An important question to ask when considering whether to accept a young beginner is: Is the child able to ______ at his grade level?

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A: Read

18
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Q: Expenses are listed under two main headings:

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A: Direct; Indirect

19
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Q: What are the two major aspects of independent piano teaching?

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A: Teaching students; operating a studio

20
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Q: ______ means _____ facts build on and relate to ____ facts.

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A: Apperception; new; old

21
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Q: Name two of the pedagogues that brought about significant changes in piano teaching materials, philosophies and practices.

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A: Pace; Clark; Duckworth

22
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Q: _______ is an ______ change in a living individual that is not heralded by his genetic inheritance.

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A: Learning; Enduring

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Q: Maturation is a _________ process with which a person from time to time manifests different traits, the “blueprints” for which have been carried in his cells from the time of his ________.

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A: Development; Conception

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Q: One of the primary reasons teachers lose students is because they often do not adequately _____ for each lesson they teach.

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A: Prepare

25
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Q: When evaluating ideas, the FIRST technique is called ____/_____ evaluation.

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A: impact/effort

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Q: The SECOND technique is called ____/____.

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A: pros/cons

27
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Q: _________ is getting one’s message out through contacts with others who can help sell _____ or their products or services.

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A: networking; themselves

28
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Q: A powerful and widely-used technique for generating ideas is _______.

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A: Brainstorming

29
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Q: A powerful way to help one become more assertive in dealing with financial issues (other issues as well, for that matter) is through _____.

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A: Role-playing

30
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Q: ______ became ______ and _______

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A: Clearness; preparation; presentation

31
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Q: ______ became ______ and ______

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A: Association; comparison; abstraction

32
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Q: _____became ______

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A: System; generalization

33
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Q: _____ became ______

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A: Method; application

34
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Q: During preparation, do not _____

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A: Test

35
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Q: Always try to expose the student to the new element at least ___ or ____ times before asking them to work with it without the teacher’s help.

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A: 3; 4

36
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Q: It is very important to keep in mind that it matters less _____ teaching materials are used than _____ they are used!

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A: What; how

37
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Q: ____ and ___ can be reversed. _____ should always be first

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A: see; do; hear

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Q: _____ is anything the student can do with learned elements in a more _____, complex setting, and ______ is ______

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A: Performance; complicated; performance; follow-through

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Q: Naturally, it is understood that as one gains more teaching ______ and ______ of the teaching materials, less ____ will be required to ____ a plan for each lesson

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A: experience; knowledge; time; prepare