Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-02-10
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Graded Course Of Study for the ooun.
try and Village Schools Of West
Virginia, Continued.
CLASSIFICATION OF PUPILS UNDER THE
COURSE OF STUDY.

COURSE OF STUDY.
The work of Arranging the pupils
in a Country School into classes,
and of assigning to each class the
particular study which it must pur-
sue is invariably the work of the
country teacher. Therefore, upon
him depends the great work of In
Producing into these schools this
Course ofStudy /; for its success de-
ponds upon the correct and etfici.
ent classification of the children in
the school. That he may best ac-
complish this, he should carefully
$ .udy the following particulars:
First. He should understand
the principles involved therein
and the methods by which his
school can be organized in accor-
dance with these principles. When
he has done this, he will readily I'M
derstand the general plan upon
which its three Grades or divisions
are based, and will have a know
ledge of the branches arranged un-
der each Grade with the order of
the subjects belonging to each Sec
ton of the Grade.
Second, He should ascertain the
attainments of the classes to be
formed, and in doing this, two
general facts will appear :(a) That
the present classification of the
pupils meets the leading require
ments of the Course; and (b) That
the classes have not been formed
heretofore with proper regard to
the kind and the amount of work
in each study that the pupil must
perform. With such conditions it
will cost the teacher but little eff
fort to group the classes into the
three stages of advancement set
forth in this plan. He will consi-
der one group as belonging to the
Primary Grade, as its classes are
pursuing exclusively the subjects
of that Grade; another to the In.
termediate and the third to the
Upper, for the same reason.
Third. He must be prepared to
meet and remove all that binders
progress in his work. He will find
that the attendance of some Of his
pupils is irregular; that ewing to
the different text books on the
same subject in the hands of his
pupils, or from a lack of proper
classification of his predecessor,
there are too many classes in the
school that the preference Of ma
nv older pupils for some favorite
study to the neglect Of others, has
been allowed 10 control in the de-
velopement of such culture as they
have received.
Fourth. In meeting aud remov-
ing these and other kshderances,
the teacher will have to adopt a
vigorous but we'll considered poll
cy. Here he will be aided by a
knowledge Of the Outline of Study.
Little or no difficulty will be en-
countered in arranging the smaller
children under the Primary Grade
for he will see from the Outline
that those who are reciting in the
First and Second Readers are also
studying the other subjects belong
ing to that Grade, viz: Reading,
Spelling, Writing, Numbers and
Language.
Fifth. By a similar procedure
he will be able to classify the pu-
pills under the intermediate Grade
for all who recite in the Third and
Fourth Readers belong to it, and
the Outline shows the branches to
be pursued by those using these
books.
Si1th. By a similar procedure,
but with more difficulty, he will
classify all those who should be-
long to the Upper Grade, and here
for the first time appears the en-
tire number of branches required
by law to be taught in the Prima
ry Schools. of the State.
Seventh. Careful attention should
be directed TO securing the salts
factory classification of many pu-
pills who are studying those parts
of the branches assigned to the
Upper Grade. Here the teacher
will often find the older children
well advanced in some studies and
deficient in others. In those very
studies in which they are deficient
they should be induced, even at
the modification of some pride, to
bring forward their standing as
speedily as possible. Those who
are, for instance, pursuing Arith.
metic and Writing, and neglecting
Grammar and Geography, should
be shown the great mistake which
they are committing in acquiring
partial and onesided education.
Before all the memoirs of this
grade can be placed the very po-
tent incentives to prepare for the
final examinations in the Course,
for the graduation which results
from q successful trial on that
occasion. These should be presen-
ted with all the skill and yigor
whice the teacher can command.
At no time should he permit him
self to be discouraged if he does
not Immediately, nor for weeks,
find 1t possible to organize the OIL
der pupils under the regulations Of
the Upper Grade. Earnest effort
here will succeed.
By frequent reviews and by
emitting for time the branches
with which the pupil is familiar,
and allowing him to give extra
time to those branches in which
he is deficient, the teacher can
soon bring up to full class standing
the diligent student.
Teachers should spare no effort
nor labor to classify and keep clas-
sified their schools by requiring
the pupils to pursue all the studies
of their respective classes. Week
ly reviews of the principal topics
in their several studies will enable
the teacher to keep mp those who
may be occasionally absent during
| the week.
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