Show U U r A A rei iuar zuar meeting rr cr tl tie e U 0 T aa A was held today as the parker school house with vice vica breid nt W B S rawlins i residing miss holtha of the salt lake city presented the subject of number according to the speers method the vey very able lady proceeded on a strictly psychological basis showing how to present the subject in strict com pliant 8 with the laws of w mental growth As AB preliminary d dila me to the tha presentation of fie cie subject proper antich work is doze in sense training in touch and bearing bea hea followed by sight a drill dr ill in le ze cognition of forni form damens dimension ion end comparative size culminating in a recognition of ratio and a clear expression in mathematical reasoning it certainly appears that a new arais era is dawning in our ech cola old methods of teaching arithmetic appear to be badii fadick g and a moi moe e natural method to take their place by this new meth 6 the child is ia led by easy connected steps to proceed from the vague and indefinite to a fud knowledge of the relations of magnitude this new method opens up the entire field of mathe mathematics mathebat mat cs it encourages freedom of eipl exploration oration limi limbed limned ed only by the learners capacity |