The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-04

- ,sarnne and recall can be most ad-
yantageousy led then the ARRANGEMENT OF .ne scnoo
nroeron, ~ studies can worked out on psycnoios
ia hae ana not ON the more less haphazard pas's
which seems be the present pan :. ,,.a -
Among other problems, In this neio q spP'eu Yey.
cbolorv which the department has undertaken or pro
poses to carry out the near future may % msnto
the following: ....- s,ra,
tions of learning to spell correctly?
O. In learning. It better to give all Of the time to
study OF the subject to be learned or s II bet
ter to devote portion OF the time in the attempt to
recall material that has already been mastered7
3. better, in learning, to attempt 70 memories
ming through to the end consecuvefy 6 repeating
this process until the whole mastered Il
better learn part and then another part and ont
4. What method Of presentation is advanta-
geous in learning! BY this is meant specifically. s Il
usually and is 1t better the material stimuli
taneously successivelythat is. should the whole
thing that he is to learn be given is he to
study one part and then the next and SO ont
In considering the first OF these problems It may bs
said that results at Illinois clearly point the that
the method Of teaching children spell by giving the
word as whole and not breaking It up into syabes
is not the psychological method and that the old method
Of syllabication with OF its obvious dis
tnct advantages Of the extreme methods OF
to-day.
Apropos the second problem 1t is clearly established
by experiments at Illinois that there advantage
In not spending the entire period of learning study
ing the material presented but very great
advantage to spend part of this time in attempting
recall what has been shown. Train pupil to look
at the page that he is trying to period
and then to turn his gaze and In his minds
recall the printed matter.
It is generally held by investigators that the best
method Of memorzng Is to learn the by COM
mencng at the beginning and running through the
process to the end The Illinois experiments brought
out this fact that in consecutive
certain parts that quickly than 18th
ers and that 1t is advantageous whole
material consecutvey until the easily acquired
material IS mastered and then to spend time
learning these parts that dicuIt to finally
relearn the whole consecutfvely
Now. in attempting to the fourth question:
experiments have been carried Illinois which show
rather clearly that the most advantageous way pre-
sent material to little children is usually success
sion The reason for this In part least because
successive presentation better attention than
simultaneous that the word when seen
especially II It is difcut be better comprehended
than II It Is merely heard.
The foregoing account gives statement Of some OF
the most typical and important investign
ons now in In the psychological laboratory At
the University of illinois, AS already been said the
main emphasis is being placed upon psychology Of
learning more specifically technique and economy in
our processes Of acquisition At the time ample
10 given for the theoretical aspects OF the sb
ject that the field in way may be covered
and that those who wsh higher degrees in the
subject may ind ample opportunity for research IN the
direction which interests them