Chapter II: The Method of the Recitation

1. Method varies with aim, 29

2. Fundamental principles of method, 30
_a._ Interest is the first requisite for attention and all mental
activity, 30
_b._ The natural mode of learning is to proceed from the known to the
related unknown, 31

3. The use of special forms of method, 32

4. The question-and-answer method, 33
_a._ When and where to employ the question-and-answer method, 34
_b._ Dangers of the question-and-answer method, 38

5. The topical method, 40
_a._ Where the topical method is most serviceable, 41
_b._ The question of standards in topical recitations, 44

6. The lecture, or supplemental, method, 45
_a._ How the lecture method is to be used, 46
_b._ Dangers from the lecture method, 47

7. The written recitation, 48
_a._ The use of the written recitation, 48
_b._ Dangers in the use of the written method, 49