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Excerpt from Experimental Education: Laboratory Manual and Typical Results
In the next group of experiments the student is led to examine forms of learning which are represented in the fundamental subjects of the school curriculum. We are here dealing with special problems which have a still more direct application to school procedure than does the analysis of the learning process in general. Besides the analysis of the mental process involved in the learning of the school subjects, it is of great value to the administration of education to be able to meas ure the attainment of pupils in the various branches by means of tests which render the results comparable to general standards. Accordingly, two examples of such test methods are included in the experiments on the school subjects.
Finally, for the proper direction of the pupil's learn ing process, it is necessary that we shall have Informa tion regarding his intellectual equipment for the tasks which are required of him. The detection of defects in the avenues by which experience is acquired necessi tates the discovery and correction of, or allowance for.
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