Parent, student, and teacher perceptions of assessment procedures in beginning instrumental music

Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education

Volumn , Issue 160, 2004, Pages 16-25

  Conway, Colleen ^a   Jeffers, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

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