Piano lessons of beginning students who persist or drop out: Teacher behavior, student behavior, and lesson progress

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-247

  Costa Giomi, Eugenia ^a   Flowers, Patricia J ^b   Sasaki, Wakaha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Thai Japanese Association School   (Thailand)

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EID: 61249745956     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002242940505300305     Document Type: Article

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