Christopher Fisher’s book Teaching Piano in Groups, published by Oxford University Press, identifies Ted Cooper as one of five “exemplary group piano teachers” invited to contribute their perspectives on group teaching.

His teaching was also the subject of Joanne A. Smith’s Teaching Demonstration by Ted Cooper for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, which called it “an example of extraordinary results from extraordinary teaching.”

In her 2006 University of Oklahoma doctoral dissertation, Julie Knerr included Cooper among four teachers chosen for interviews and observation. Writing for Piano Safari, co-author Katherine Fisher explains that the questions explored in the dissertation were used to inform the method’s technical approach.

Cooper’s ideas have also reached beyond piano teaching. Brian Manternach’s article Voice Lessons as Observed Practice, published in the Journal of Singing, drew on Cooper’s approach to teaching students how to practice and considered its application to vocal pedagogy.

His work has also been cited internationally. A doctoral dissertation by Ana Paula Teixeira Reinoso at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro drew on Cooper’s observations about group teaching, particularly the value of frequent, relatively low-pressure performance opportunities and peer interaction.