The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-02-12

service to the state in which It is situated and to
its support. it should be able to show how the
theoretical work of the laboratory be applied to
the lettering OF human conditions.
The agricultural and the engineering experiment
tons at the university have been attempting to give the
practical of the state information in regard to the
best of preventing wastes and of obtaining the
greatest efficiency in the various fields Of their endeavor
A similar attempt is being made by the department Of
psychology Of the university to show to the schoolmen
of the state how they time and how they can
SO regulate the environment school get the
results with the least possible expenditure Of
energy.
All knowledge is based fundamentally upon memory
and II is quite obvious economical meth
Of learning discovered and applied tremendous
wastes in the schoolroom will be saved 1t is striking
fact that most students who to the university do
know how properly memorze their material. They
lose very large amount Of time that might be saved
greatly to their advantage II they had the simple knowl
edge of how about their work before them What
of the university student Is undoubtedly true
to a greater degree OF the pupils In the public
schools II is clear that the teachers knew what
the best method by which the pupil could memorize
certain material and could train that pupil in such meth
DDS Of highly beneficial results would be accom-
plshed
Working along this ne years ago the depart
ment Of psychology at Illinois instituted series Of
experiments to determine far possible the exact
facts concerning what s technically know as the idea
onal types of school children and the relation Of these
types the memorizing different kinds Of material
BY the ideaonal type the psychologist understands the
example, a child recalls in imagination bird he may
do by having mental picture Of the bird Wis
ible object he recall the bird In terms Of the
song that sings It is further possible that he
not in thinking Of the bird It mentally recall its
but that he merely the word bird, written
hear It spoken, attempt to pronounce II himself
II he actually the bird in his minds he IL said
to have concrete visual imagery. he hears the
that sings mentally he Is said to have concrete audi
tory imagery. II he not the bird but the word he
II said to have verbalvsonary imagery, and instead
Of seeing the word hearing It he simply has the
tai imagery of pronouncng the word he IL said to have
yerbalmotor imagery
II 10 then possible for the person in his ordinary
thinking to employ either concrete imagery in which he
recalls the actual object presented through OF
his to employ verbal imagery, in which latter
he does not recall the object at ALL but In which
he recalls the printed symbol for that object either In
visual auditory motor terms II II possible also to
only concrete visual and auditory imagery but
to have concrete motor imagery WELL person. for
example, In mentally recalling foot race, may think
the he appears ready for the starting sig
nal he may think Of the starting signal finally
he may think Of the muscular sensations which in
running the In this latter he would think Of
the runner IN terms Of concrete motor imagery.
Probably the footbal player IN recalling ne ezpsst
sncss Of The game In which - has taken pst dos
not - re pays = ~ esets1sr ~ o - NEana
ctand. but rsoeIIs tAom a 4ofne - ~ movemenls
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