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Teaching Efficiency of the Film 177 ;p Reading," a two reel film, pre- :ed by the Bray Studios during the - for use in the training camps, and Jvithout doubt one of the best edu- ional films from the standpoint of inique of production and pedagogy t has appeared to date. One of groups was taught by the film tie, a second group by an "average" :her, and the third group by a perior" teacher. These groups •e selected by lot. t was expected that the so-called -erage" teacher would give some- ig like an average teaching per- mance and would, therefore, repre- t the work being done in school ms over the country. For this ■pose a young woman was selected o had just completed a teacher ining course and had been graded the best in the class. She had had ) years teaching experience previ- ; to this year in the university, ter seeing her work with a class re was no doubt but that her work 5 better than average. For the [perior" teacher a university pro- sor was selected from the teacher ining department who had a state- le reputation as a high-powered, tilt-getting teacher. Few teachers qualify in his class, 'eaching outlines were very care- !y prepared parallel to and com- ply covering the film material. :erence books covering military ps from the R. O. T. C. headquar- were secured and placed in the ds of these teachers. The "aver- ige" teacher was given no inkling of the experimental features of the pro- ject. She was simply asked to con- duct a recitation on the outline fur- nished her and was told to inform herself on the subject matter from the books furnished her and from any other sources available. The "superior" teacher was fully warned. He was told of the purpose of the experiment and was allowed to see the film some days previous to the day on which he met his class. He was also given four military maps for use during the teaching period. These he circulated among the members of his class. The "average" teacher had no such advantage. Several days previous to the day on which the teachers were to meet their classes, a preliminary examination was given to all pupils to determine the extent of previous knowledge of the subject matter to be presented and some shifting of students from one group to another resulted. On the day set the class met and was divided by the conductor of the experiment into the three groups as quickly as possible. They were then sent to dif- ferent rooms in charge of an auditor where they met their teacher; in one case the film replacing the teacher. It was arranged for the teaching to begin and to close at the sarr? time, that is, willi the beginning cv.id closing of the film. The auditors kept time and made notes on the teachers' work. At the end of the teaching period (twenty-six minutes) the auditor an-