Deseret Evening News | 1899-12-30 | Page 5 | Speer Method

Sl Jm or of It 11 Among Teachers The Method ot of teaching arith which has been one ot of the ten tea ture ot of the teachers convention Just hl and which hall aa been gaining gund all over the United States ot of lute does not mud meet with entire tn Hn In Colorado Indeed at th the teach r rs convention In Denver whIch cio ei the committee on arithmetic the tho basic prIncIple tit tf tile the method forth that the tho thing In fit arithmetic l is not but a number senes erIes This sen aen tn will 11 be better b by the tIia by 1 the tho average reader but s1 II th S Speer lr method doen consider ratio the fundamental thIng in arith It I Is practically a The Speer S er ot of teaching the I lower owr ot of b by meant of c f objects however Is Indol b by the tho I teachers A mInority of at the commIttee put In a i iF F parate report which cn endorsed l the tho SJ r method throughout and from the ther r lort ort ot of It would p seem m that th minority report stood 1 mome chance ot of adoption when shen IL l should come before tho whole convention