Peiwen Su, California Youth Music Competition (CYMC), USA
This study examines how mobile-video–based learning can enhance confidence and emo-tional resilience in youth performance education. Drawing on over one hundred student recordings from the California Youth Music Competition (CYMC), the study proposes a multimedia-supported framework integrating mobile video, cloud archiving, and reflective viewing. Three developmental trajectories were identified: Avoidance to Appearance, Compliance to Expression, and Expression to Agency. Mobile video served as a psycho-logical mirror, enabling students to revisit their performances, recognize recovery behav-iors, and reinterpret mistakes with greater emotional tolerance. Cloud-based curation fur-ther strengthened motivation. In the CYMC 2024 cycle, winning performances were com-piled into a Digital Winners’ Portfolio and submitted to international competitions, prompting notable increases in confidence and artistic investment. Findings suggest that accessible multimedia tools, when paired with meaningful external opportunities, create a scalable model that supports self-efficacy, reflective growth, and early artistic identity formation in young performers.
Mobile-video learning; Multimedia-supported pedagogy; Performance-based education; Confidence development; Reflective learning; Youth music performance
Multimedia-Supported Confidence Development: A Mobile-Video-Based Pedagogical Framework for Youth Performance Learning. Authors: Peiwen Su, California Youth Music Competition (CYMC), USA Abstract:This study examines how mobile-video–based learning can enhance confidence and emo-tional resilience in youth performance education. Drawing on over one hundred student recordings from the California Youth Music Competition (CYMC), the study proposes a multimedia-supported framework integrating mobile video, cloud archiving, and reflective viewing. Three developmental trajectories were identified: Avoidance to Appearance, Compliance to Expression, and Expression to Agency. Mobile video served as a psycho-logical mirror, enabling students to revisit their performances, recognize recovery behav-iors, and reinterpret mistakes with greater emotional tolerance. Cloud-based curation fur-ther strengthened motivation. In the CYMC 2024 cycle, winning performances were com-piled into a Digital Winners’ Portfolio and submitted to international competitions, prompting notable increases in confidence and artistic investment. Findings suggest that accessible multimedia tools, when paired with meaningful external opportunities, create a scalable model that supports self-efficacy, reflective growth, and early artistic identity formation in young performers. Keywords:Mobile-video learning; Multimedia-supported pedagogy; Performance-based education; Confidence development; Reflective learning; Youth music performance
