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Is Visual Education a Fad?
The Educational Screen
Initial Knowleci^e
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The Grain Market. — As one travels through this country one of the common sights he meets is the grain market. Here can be seen natives walking about and carrying bales (bundles) of grain on their backs. Some of the men lead donkeys.
Arrival of a Caravan. — Another common sight is the arrival of a caravan. A long file of camels can be seen lumbering along the street, each camel being led by a man. As you watch the caravan pass by, you can not fail to notice the row of cottages across the street. All the cottages have thatched straw roofs.
Altogether nearly five hundred seventhgrade pupils participated in the experiment, six classes of boys and six of girls. They were divided into three groups approximately equal in size and ability. Each group had about a hundred sixty children in it. The groups were known as A, B, and C.
Three Methods of Presentation For the experiment each group of children was taught in a different manner. Group A was taught the whole period with
out seeing the film, just as it happens in our schools every day. Group B saw the film at the beginning of the period and then heard the lecture, while Group C first heard the lecture and then viewed the film. The time was the same for all methods of presentation.
Twentyfour hours later an exhaustive 60-question test was given to the three groups. Here are a few of the questions :
At the grain market, do the natives
carry bundles of grain on their
backs? — Yes or No? Do they ride on the donkeys? — Yes or
No? Are the camels in the caravan trotting
through the streets? — Yes or No? Do the cottages of the village have
shingle roofs? — Yes or No?
Statistically it was necessary to repeat the experiment twice with different lessons and tests, shifting the groups along in triangular rotation. But to go into this in detail here would make the article too lengthy and certainly too tiresome, if not actually confusing. Anyone caring to know more about the experiment should study the original write-up in the thesis referred to above.