The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-04

,oornine and recall can be most ad-
vantageousy filled, then the arrangement u INC
program of studies can be WORKED oue u un hoSis
ical basis and not on the more OF iess p
which seems to be the present pian. ,.s 49,
An,ono otber nroblems in this field OF applied psy-
cbologv which the department has undertaken or pro
poses to carry out III inc no ~
the following . ,,s,
/. What are some of the most advantageous condi
lions of learning to spell correctly?
In learning is it better give all Of the time to
sdv of the subject matter to be learned. or Is 1t bet
ter to devote portion of the time in the attempt 10
recall material that has already been mastered!
g Is it better in learning, to attempt to memorlze
the material by commencing at the beginning and run
ming through the end consecutvey and oy repeating
this process until whole has been mastered or Is II
better to learn part and then another part and so on!
T. What methed of presentation is more advanta
geous in learning? BY this is meant, speclncally Is II
better present to the child material to learn orally OF
usually and is it better present the material stimuli
taneousy or successvely-that is. should the whole
thing is learn be given at once or is he to
study one part and then the next and so on?
considering the first of these problems it may be
said that results at Illinois clearly point to the fact that
the method of teaching children to spell by giving the
word a whole and not breaking it up into sylabes
the psychological method and that the old method
of syllabicaon with of its obvious faults had dis
tnct advantages of the extreme methods OF
to-day.
Apropos the second problem it is clearly established
by experiments Illinois that there is great advantage
in not spending the entire period of learning study
ing the material presented but that it is of great
recall what has been shown Train the pupil to look
the page that he is trying to memorize 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
this fact that in such consecutive learning there
certain parts that mastered quickly than 9TH
and that it is advantageous to first the whole
material consecutively until the easily acquired
material is mastered and then to spend time in
learning those parts that difficult and finally
relearn the whole consecutively.
Now in attempting to the fourth question:
experiments have been carried at Illinois which show
rather clearly that the most advantageous way pre-
material to little children is usually
sion The for this, in part least is because
successive presentation better attention than
simultaneous presentation and that the word when
especially it is difficult be better comprehended
than if it is merely heard.
The foregoing account gives a statement of
the most typical and important experimental nvestga
lions in progress 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
scope is given for the theoretical aspects sub
ect that the field in general way may be
those who wish to obtain higher degrees in the
subject may find ample opportunity for
direction which interests them most.