Chapter 10 questions to consider

Which of the learning activities/skills can you think of that lend themselves to learning through modeling?

How might self-efficacy and self-regulation contribute to the intervention plans you use in your case study?

     In my field, modeling is extremely important.  If a musician does not have a musician to listen to, then he or she will not develop as well.  Humans are not naturally born knowing what a trumpet is supposed to sound like, so if a student begins playing the trumpet, his or her tone quality will never develop if he or she does not listen to experienced players.  This can be seen in the way that instruments sound different in different parts of the world, because that is the desired sound in that region, learned by listening to others from the region.

     Self-efficacy and self-regulation are what makes the student desire to develop in this way.  The student has to desire to sound good on his or her instrument, and has to have the self-regulation to listen to recordings of professional players, and imitate their tone quality.