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... answer Collective answering deceptive Mutual questioning The inquisitive spirit Books of questions Written examinations , their use and abuse Dishonest preparation Legitimate preparation • How to frame a good Examination paper And to ...
... answer Collective answering deceptive Mutual questioning The inquisitive spirit Books of questions Written examinations , their use and abuse Dishonest preparation Legitimate preparation • How to frame a good Examination paper And to ...
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... Answers to be kept out of sight . Oral or Mental Arithmetic Its uses and abuses · Examples of its legitimate use • 286 287 289 . 291 293 · 294 • 295 • 296 297 • 299 300 • · 302 304 · 307 • 308 • 310 311 • 312 313 Exercises in weighing ...
... Answers to be kept out of sight . Oral or Mental Arithmetic Its uses and abuses · Examples of its legitimate use • 286 287 289 . 291 293 · 294 • 295 • 296 297 • 299 300 • · 302 304 · 307 • 308 • 310 311 • 312 313 Exercises in weighing ...
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... answered by every day's observation and experience . It has been my lot to see schools of very different ranks and pretensions , from the highest to the lowest ; and the one thing which impresses me most is that the schools under ...
... answered by every day's observation and experience . It has been my lot to see schools of very different ranks and pretensions , from the highest to the lowest ; and the one thing which impresses me most is that the schools under ...
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... answers to this question Art and are not unanimous . But in truth no compendious reply a Science . is possible . The object of Science is the investigation of principles , of truth for its own sake , considered as an end , not as a ...
... answers to this question Art and are not unanimous . But in truth no compendious reply a Science . is possible . The object of Science is the investigation of principles , of truth for its own sake , considered as an end , not as a ...
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... answers and witnessing the performances of the best in the class . And these advantages cannot be gained in a small class . In fact I believe it is as easy to teach 20 together as 10 ; and that in some respects the work is done with ...
... answers and witnessing the performances of the best in the class . And these advantages cannot be gained in a small class . In fact I believe it is as easy to teach 20 together as 10 ; and that in some respects the work is done with ...
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