Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX ACTION: demand of childhood for, 11, 12, 15-17, 20, 27, 33, 34, 188, 197; and education, 20, 30, 32, 70, 77, 99, 138, 140, 209, 223; and Boy Scout movement, 186, 187; and pupil-government, 187, 189. See Adventure, Racial Instincts. ADAPTABILITY: illustration of, 41-43; not same as ca- price, 44; a characteristic of childhood, 46, 149. ADAPTATION: and economy of effort, 46; and habits, 46, 49; school study and, 59; continued resistance to, im- possible, 180; aided by school organization, 191; and animal education, 198, 199; and progress, 199, 200; dif- ference between animal and human, 201; and education, 202; and business success, 212-215. ADJUSTMENT. See Adaptation. ADVENTURE: quest for, 1, 2, 15-17, 20, 29; books of, 6; and sports, 7; adult misunderstanding of, 5, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 31, 34; adult recall of, 10-18; utilization of spirit of, 12, 14, 19, 32, 99; among girls, 18-20; and crime, 21, 22, 29; outlets for spirit of, 22, 28, 30, 99, 224; truancy and, 30; experience in terms of, 33. See also Action, Racial Instincts. ARITHMETIC: effect of physical fitness in learning, 143; in relation to study of geography, 145; on teaching, 153, 162, 163; and plateaus, 105. ASSOCIATIONS: time necessary for fixing, 127; the harm from wrong, 142; interfering, 154, 156, 161. ATHENIAN ASSEMBLY. See Experiment In Teaching Greek History. ATTENTION: a test of, 50; in relation to plateaus, 126; causes of fluctuation in, 141; an attitude unfavorable to, 147. AUTOMATISM. See Habits. BAGEHOT, WALTER: on breaking habits, 181, 182; on arrested civilization, 168. BAIR, on higher and lower orders of habits, 123. BALDWIN, MISS MARTHA, on how children study, 52. BARRETT, E. BOYD, on dangers of automatic habits, 183. BERGSTROM, on habit, 156. BILLINGS, ..