The posture of school children, with its home hygiene and new efficiency methods for school training . the numberwho pass the test by the total at-tendance— not register — at thetime the test is made. For in-stance, with forty pupils presentin a class, and but ten passing thetriple test, the class percentage onposture is but twenty-five per does not mean that each pupilof those passing is rated at twenty-five per cent, but that twenty-fiveper cent of the pupils passed thetest. It is the class record on thesubject. Neither pupils, teacher,nor principal will rest content withso low a f
The posture of school children, with its home hygiene and new efficiency methods for school training . the numberwho pass the test by the total at-tendance— not register — at thetime the test is made. For in-stance, with forty pupils presentin a class, and but ten passing thetriple test, the class percentage onposture is but twenty-five per does not mean that each pupilof those passing is rated at twenty-five per cent, but that twenty-fiveper cent of the pupils passed thetest. It is the class record on thesubject. Neither pupils, teacher,nor principal will rest content withso low a figure for this or any othersubject, and unquestionably anenormous amount of the zeal andsatisfaction which these efiiciencymethods have aroused, has come from this means of estimatingclass record and progress. It is a great satisfaction to ateacher to have a concrete means of estimating the results ofher work, and there is a strong element of justice involved insuch a method. These percentage figures have roused an interest on the partof all concerned that has been most impressive. Many humor-. FiG. 73. — A teaching problem. 2o8 THE POSTURE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ous incidents have shown the interest of the children. The boysin one class waylaid a c^ssmate after school and pommeled him be-cause his poor posture kept the class from one hundred per child announced at home with great delight that he hadbeen promoted to Division I in postrophy. CLASS RECORD. — The class percentage should be figuredeach month when the triple test is made, and a systematic rec-ord kept in each class, both on the blackboard and in somepermanent form in some record book. This book may well bedevoted exclusively to the posture record, or part of some otherpermanent record book may be used. A separate book is pref-erable, as it gives room for the names of pupils with their in-dividual ratings (A, B, or C) in addition to the class class record for a first terms work might appea
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