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...success of this comprehensive examination is obviously due to the fact that in order to pass it a factual knowledge is not sufficient. In preparing for it the discretion of the teacher is allowed the widest possible freedom. The examination, itself, therefore, is not concerned with details, but emphasizes critical power and literary background. Stress is laid upon education, not cramming...
...consciously strive for some definite formulation of their ideas on these subjects of vital importance. The vast majority of students are engaged in the accumulation of facts and rarely are they concerned with the implications of these upon their personal life. Content to amass a rich store of factual data most students see in this process only a means of either pleasantly spanning the years of their youth or of acquiring a technical background for a career in the world. Why they want to engage in one occupation rather than another, what values in life are important, and how they...
...giving a short series of lectures, it is difficult for the lecturer to lay a factual foundation for the dissertation," he said. The student is consequently plunged into a discussion with only his general knowledge of the subject to help him understand it, Under the pressure of required courses it can hardly be expected that he will do preliminary reading on the subject. There, I think that the tutorial reading of students interested in the lectures might be chosen to given them a better understanding of the topic under consideration...
...they have taken an elementary course in science they are aware of the scientific method. These elementary courses cannot present to the undergraduate any understanding of such a method, nor should they. It does seem, however, that an understanding of scientific approach is of greater value than the mere factual knowledge of a science as gained in an elementary course. Such factual learning is, perhaps, best taught in secondary schools and should best be kept there. In place of that in the college it would seem wise to institute a requirement which would better give an understanding to the scientific...
Chief obstacle to factual acceptance of the story: Roosevelt & Son last week denied that either the firm or Philip Roosevelt was trustee for any estate inherited by Franklin...