The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-02-10

,r.rva, ,.w.er learning and recall be most ad-
vantageously filed. then the arrangement OF .ne sen
program of studies be worked out on psycnoios-
icaI basis and not on the less haphazard basis
which seems to be the present pan. -,
Among other problems In this held OF applied psy
cboosv which the department has undertaken or pro-
poses to carry the future may be menonee
the following: . sx
l. What are some of the most advantageous condF
tions of learning to spell correctly?
O. In learning 1t better to give all OF the time to-
study subject matter to be learned or Is Del
ter to devote portion OF the time In the attempt to-
recall material that already been mastered?
q. Is II better IN learning, ~ ~, a .t,na ara -
ming through the end oonsecutivey and by repeating
process until the whole has been mastered or is
better part and then another part and so one
4. What method of presentation Is more advanta-
geous learning? BY this Is meant, specifically is III
better to present to the child material to learn orally or
usually and is 1t better to present the material stimuli
taneousy successively-that Is. should the whole
thing that he is to learn be given at once or Is hs 60
study part and then the next and so on7
In considering of these problems II 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 II up into syabes
is the psychological method and that the old method
Of sylabication with Of its obvious faults had dis
tnct advantages of the extreme methods OF
to-day
Apropos the second problem Il Is clearly established
by experiments at Illinois that there Is advantage
in not spending the entire period of learning study
ing the material presented but that 1t 10 of great
advantage to spend part of this time In attempting to
recall what has been shown. Train the pupil to look
at the that he Is trying to memorZe for period
and then to his gaze away and in his minds eye
recall the printed matter.
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 9TH
and that 1t is advantageous to first the whole
material consecutvely until the easily acquired
material is mastered and then to spend time In
learning those parts that difficult and to 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-
sent material to little children is usually
Sion The for this in part at least. is
successive presentation better attention than
simultaneous presentation and that the word when
especially II 1t is difficult be better comprehended
than If 1t is merely heard.
The foregoing account gives a statement some o
the most typical and important experimental investiga
tons in in the Psychological laboratory
the University of Illinois, AS has already been said
main emphasis is being placed upon the psychology
learning, specifically technique economy in,
processes of acquisition, At the time ample
is given for the theoretical aspects the sub
ject that the field in general way may covered
and that those who wish obtain higher degrees in the
subject find ample opportunity for research in the
direction which interests them most