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... Illustration of demonstrative exercises The use of formulae Proportion Extraction of Roots Synthesis before Analysis Analogous truths in Arithmetic and Geometry True purpose of mathematical teaching . XII . GEOGRAPHY AND THE LEARNING OF ...
... Illustration of demonstrative exercises The use of formulae Proportion Extraction of Roots Synthesis before Analysis Analogous truths in Arithmetic and Geometry True purpose of mathematical teaching . XII . GEOGRAPHY AND THE LEARNING OF ...
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... illustration in reserve for dealing with the unexpected questions and difficulties which may emerge in the course of the lesson , and look well before beginning , not only at the thing you want to teach , but at as much else as possible ...
... illustration in reserve for dealing with the unexpected questions and difficulties which may emerge in the course of the lesson , and look well before beginning , not only at the thing you want to teach , but at as much else as possible ...
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... illustrations at my command , and may now draw freely upon it . " Still the question , ' What has this or that study to do with the main business of my life ? How far will this kind of reading tell upon my pro- fessional work in school ...
... illustrations at my command , and may now draw freely upon it . " Still the question , ' What has this or that study to do with the main business of my life ? How far will this kind of reading tell upon my pro- fessional work in school ...
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... illustrations . Tout est dans tout , ' said Jacotot , by which I suppose he meant that all true knowledge is nearly akin , and that any one fact honestly ac- quired sheds light on many others , and makes every other fact easier to ...
... illustrations . Tout est dans tout , ' said Jacotot , by which I suppose he meant that all true knowledge is nearly akin , and that any one fact honestly ac- quired sheds light on many others , and makes every other fact easier to ...
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... illustration or otherwise in vivifying and nar- the teaching given in a class . But to do this well it is essential that the skilled teacher should cultivate in him- self the rather rare gift of telling a story well . There are some who ...
... illustration or otherwise in vivifying and nar- the teaching given in a class . But to do this well it is essential that the skilled teacher should cultivate in him- self the rather rare gift of telling a story well . There are some who ...
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