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 * Survey Results**

**What Grade are you in?** - K-12

**During the rest of this year in class, I want to learn how to....** - Sing Higher, lower, better - Improve breath support - Draw better, painting techniques - Play better - Some technically sound answers ‘Doing it better’ **I would be more motivated in this class if only....** - Comfort level - Stress level - Maturity level of students/ Work ethic - More artistic freedom - More inclusion of popular music, artistic trends - Some students indicated high level of motivation already “Answers largely based on individual students’ perception of classroom goals”

**Do you practice or sketch outside of classroom time?** - Art: More yes than no, but students do have weekly grades assignments - Music: More yes than no but we question students’ perception of practice time

**If yes, how often?** - Largely 0-1, 2-4 - Very few above, generally highly motivated students

**If not at all, why?** - Don’t have time - Just don’t want to - Do not know how - Do not care - Do not want to take instrument home “They don’t seem to understand the difference between good and bad practice or the importance of good practice.”

**If 4 times per week or less, why?** - Nearly the same answers as question 6 **Do you study outside of a school setting?** - Largely no **If no, do you wish you could?** - Art: Largely yes - Music: Largely no **I would put more effort into practicing or sketching it....** - If I had more time - Didn’t have so much homework - Didn’t have to deal with disparaging remarks from peers - If they liked the content more **What achievement in your music or art class are you most proud of? Why?** - Skill improvement - Recognition of some sort

** What things help motivate you in your music arts classroom? ** - Teacher, peer, parent praise - Monetary gain - Personal gain **Which is more rewarding?** - Mixed results - Slightly higher number of students indicated that they would rather “work for it” than do something easy

**If given the opportunity would you go to an art gallery or music performance outside of school? Why or why not?** - Overwhelmingly yes **In the last year what types of live music events or art exhibits have you attended? Why or why not?** - Popular music concerts - None because they’ve never had the opportunity or there is no such show in the area - Audience of the future program - Other school’s concerts/musicals - Field trips - Carnegie museum - Warhol museum