St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-19

interval between learning and recall be most adj
vantageousy filed then the arrangement OF the scnoo
of studies can be worked out on psyenoos
cal basis and not on the more OF 1855 napnaNiu p"
which seems to be the present pan
Among other problems in this field of applied psy-
chology which the department has undertaken or pro-
poses to carry out in the future be mentioned
the following,
1. What are some of the most advantageous condt-
tions of learning to spell correctly?
g. learning is 1t better to give all OF the time TO
study of subject matter to be learned or is 1t bet
devote portion of the time in the attempt TO
recall material that has already been mastered?
8. Is it better. in learning to attempt to memorize
the material by commencing at the beginning and run
ming through to the end consecuvey and by repeating
this until the whole has been mastered or 1t
better part and then another part and so on?
T. What method Of presentation is advanta-
geous in learning? By this is meant specifically is 1t
better present to the child material to learn orally
usually it better present the material stimuli
taneously successively-tha is, should the whole
thing that he is to learn be given at is he to
study part and then the next and so on?
In considering the first of these problems it may be
said that results Illinois clearly point to the fact that
the method of teaching children to spell by giving the
word whole and not breaking it up into syllables
is not the psychological method and that the old method
of syabcaon with of its obvious faults had dis
tinct advantages of the extreme methods OF
to-day.
Apropos the second problem it is clearly established
by experiments at Illinois that there is great advantage
in not spending the entire period of learning study
ing the material presented but that it is of very great
advantage spend part of this time in attempting
recall what has been shown. Train the pupil to look
at the page that he is trying to memorze for period
and then to turn his away and in his minds eye
recall the printed matter
1t is generally held by investigators that the best
method Of memorizing is to learn the material by
mencng at the beginning and running through the whole
process to the end The Illinois experiments brought
out this fact that in such consecutive learning there
certain parts that mastered quickly than 9TH
and that 1t is advantageous first go the whole
material consecutively until the easily acquired
material is mastered and then to spend some time in
learning those parts that difficult and to finally
relearn the whole consecutively.
Now in attempting to answer the fourth question
experiments have been carried Illinois which show
rather clearly that the most advantageous way to
sent material to little children is usually and in success
SION The for this In part least is because
successive presentation better attention than
simultaneous presentation and that the word when seen
especially If 1t is difficult, be better comprehended
than if it is merely heard.
The foregoing account gives statement of some Of
the most typical and important experimental inyestpa
tons in in the psychological laboratory at
the University of Illinois AS has already been said the
main emphasis is being placed upon the psychology Of
learning, specifically technique and ECONOMY in
CT acquisition. At the same time annie
is given for the theoretical aspects of the snb
ject that the field in general way may be covered
and that those who wish to obtain higher degrees in
subject find ample opportunity for research in the
direction which interests them most