Working models

The art of starting

My experience was that in the case of music theory students find it difficult to get going and keep going when working on assignments or aural development.

In that case working models can be helpful. Working models can support the students learning activities: "the art of starting". In essence it's really simple: Start doing something related to the things you want to learn. No action, no learning. It's as simple as that. 

Learning won't occur without action (be it material, verbal or mental).

Working models can vary greatly. They can be:

• a set of standard questions
• a proposal for a systematic approach of an activity or task
• a manual for using a tool (for example Audacity)
• a checklist with specifications and criteria for a product 
• a cheatsheet used to work with key terms of a phenomenon or a technique
• ...