Show another interesting session af this association held the members of tha IT C T A met at the provo central sat arday september at 1030 a m the work of the association was resumed with vice president G II 11 brimhall presiding under the leadership of prof II 11 E jil esthe association sang a school song after which the roi of the last meeting were read and accepted As per primed pro gramme prof G H brimhall delivered an excellent lecture on moral education adjourned antil 3 30 p m the afternoon session opened by a song from the members of the tion I 1 the following pro gramme wa then ex song evlyn billines Billin cs essay on industrial P S home primary drawing may Ko bisou discussion of daily and weekly reports by the president M H hardy made a few remarks he desired to meet with the teachers as often as circumstances would permit him to do so it was decided that the consideration of the subject of daily and weekly reports be continued at the next meeting af tha teachers answering oi queries then took place as follows lol lows 1 how should multiplication be introduced trod to beginners ans multiplication he introduced by halls on the numeral frame pencils or objects show the pupils that two pencils and two pencils arc two times two pencils this drill may be continued until the pupils are capable of understanding that multiplication is merely a short method of addition should be taken in various ways until the pupils attain the ability of giving the product of any two numbers below throes twelve by these drift exercises the mind acquires a kind of self acting habit in multiplying that enables it to perform this work with great ease and rapidity without conscious exertion 2 what is the best plan to pursue where pupils fails in recitation ans where a pupil fails entirely to prepare the lessons he should be sent into a lower grade where the failure is partial insist on a repetition after school satisfactory excuses should be accepted but where willful neglect is evident the lesson is due and should be learned before leaving school unprepared lessons should not be given aa a punishment but as the payment of a debt 3 la teaching geography should the lecture method be assigned and recited from the text book ans both methods should be used in connection with each other for following reasons first A text book study without explanation from the teacher becomes dry and burdensome to the pupil second A good text book is certainly an excellent means for obtaining information because therein the pupil has the subject matter arranged for study without the special aid teacher the following pro gramme was then arranged for the next meeting school song prof H E giles lecture on orthography president select reading narrative style payson school song prof H E giles section work primary kindergarten intermediate physical science gram mar phonetics essay on the introduction of industrial departments in our schools sli fork general discussion of daily and weekly reports queries to be answered by american fork pleasant grove lehi provo benjamin and spanish fork districts adjourned for two weeks MAY corresponding secretary |