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Word: commonness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Immediate reinforcement of learning" in another common phrase in education today, and it is the principle behind the spelling machines being used at the Franklin School in Lexington. the teacher pronounces a spelling word, and the student writes a reply to it in a space provided in a small rectangular box. Then, by shifting a lever, he exposes the correct answer. He can thus compare his answer promptly with the correct one, and the immediate reinforcement that takes place is reputed to be extremely valuable in the learning process. The spelling machine also has the virtue of allowing children...

Author: By George W.K. Snyder, | Title: School of Education Cooperates With Newton, Lexington, Concord To Improve Teaching Techniques | 10/3/1959 | See Source »

...proposal also suggests that, "for reasons of human relations and group morale," the subjects of social studies, physical education, the common learnings content of industrial arts, home economics, art, music, and certain aspects of English, are best taught in heterogeneous groups...

Author: By George W.K. Snyder, | Title: School of Education Cooperates With Newton, Lexington, Concord To Improve Teaching Techniques | 10/3/1959 | See Source »

...challenge of the common market in Europe will be the topic of interest at the 31st Boston Conference on Distribution to be held October 19-20 at the Statler-Hilton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conference to Hear World Trade Ideas | 10/1/1959 | See Source »

...Establish the law for educating the common people. This is the business of the state to effect and on a general plan." --THOMAS JEFFERSON...

Author: By Claude E. Welch, | Title: Academic Freedom and the State: The Overriding Problem of UMass | 9/30/1959 | See Source »

...Osborne's greatest distinction is his ability to write long, furious, bitterly hilarious monologues, using common speech in a new and corrosively expressive manner. In Nigel Kneale's screenplay, with "additional dialogue" by Mr. Osborne, the brillant, obscene rhapsodies that lit up the play have been ruthlessly cropped, in an attempt to meet the demands of what is always said to be a "visual medium," and nothing can compensate for this loss...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Look Back in Anger | 9/30/1959 | See Source »

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