Más allá de la calificación: usos de los resultados en evaluaciones de solfeo.

Abstract

This paper, which belongs to the field of assessment and music theory, is part of a multicase, descriptive and interpretative research, carried out in three Brazilian Higher Education Institutions. Its intention is to answer the question: what are the uses of music theory assessment results, after evidence was collected? Data was obtained by the means of semi-structured interviews with college professors and students, classes observations and official documents gathering. The information found was organized according to the trends and particularities found in it. Results (which are part of a bigger puzzle) show that, basically, exists three possibilities of the use of results: grading, feedbacking teaching and feedbacking learning (formally or not). Also, it is discussed the regulations in class, which can be of verbal, musical and/or attitudinal nature; and they are performed aiming either to reject/change or to corroborate a musical action of the students.