The students that establish this regimen usually do better initially than students identified has having more music talent or aptitude. In short, too much emphasis is usually placed on talent and not enough on good practice. Very often students will confuse the terms play and practice. In my opinion teachers should be enabling the student to teach themselves. It is my firm belief that teachers should model playing behaviors for their students.
Nothing teaches as well as an aural rendition.
A pitfall that needs to be avoided here is the tendency to over teach or to rely too heavily on rote teaching. Over teaching can create a dependent student that is unwilling to learn a single note or rhythm without first getting help from the teacher.