Public school methods . r that children stumble over work that ought to beeasy, when we consider how often they are given work todo for which they have had no preparation. Suppose thatit ha, b^en six weeks or two months since a child has hadproblems in liquid measure, and he suddenly comes to thisproblem in his book: How many gallons in twelve quarts?Six out of ten children would probably stumble on the ques-tion, guess at the answer, and waste a good deal of timebefore they got it. If the teacher had spent a very fewminutes recalling the table of liquid measure and rapidlygiving a few problem
Public school methods . r that children stumble over work that ought to beeasy, when we consider how often they are given work todo for which they have had no preparation. Suppose thatit ha, b^en six weeks or two months since a child has hadproblems in liquid measure, and he suddenly comes to thisproblem in his book: How many gallons in twelve quarts?Six out of ten children would probably stumble on the ques-tion, guess at the answer, and waste a good deal of timebefore they got it. If the teacher had spent a very fewminutes recalling the table of liquid measure and rapidlygiving a few problems before the lesson was taken up, theproblem, with similar ones that would undoubtedly follow,would be readily solved. Or the teacher might, on thepreceding day, give a few problems which would recall allof the work in liquid measure and use these problems forthe busy work for that day. This preparation would servejust as well. (c) Illustrative Lesson. The following will illustratehow a text-book lesson may be taken up:. i. One dollar is equal in value to — 2. One dollar is equal in value to 3. One half-dollar is equal in value to half-dollars,fourth-dollars.— fourth- dollars. A fourth-dollar is sometimes called a quarter, ora quarter of a dollar. 4. One half of a dollar and one fourth of a dollar are fourths of a dollar. 264 Public School Methods 5. One half of a dollar less one fourth of a dollar is of a dollar. 6. Four times one fourth of a dollar equals fourths of a dollar, or dollar. 7. One fourth of a dollar is contained in one half ofa dollar times. 8. One half of one half of a dollar is of a Material. When ready for the lesson, the teacher shouldstate that before using their text-books a short review isto be held. She should bring to the class a dollar, a half-dollar and a quarter. Method. After briefly stating the purpose of the lesson,the teacher may ask, John, what is the name of this coin?(Holding up a dollar.) It is a dollar. How many cents does it equ
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