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The Educational Screen
Growth of Visual Instruction in New York
The following figures have recently been received from that well known visual educator, A. W. Abrams. This report shows statistically the results of the excellent work being done by the Visual Instruction Division of the State of New York.
Record of Loans of Slides
Total for year
December
to
January 1st
1926-7
67017
282002
1927-8
73640
305712
1928-9
70572
356380
1929-30
65712
392426
1930-31
90671
427486
The increase in loans for the current year and date is nearly 9 per cent over the record for the corresponding period of last year. The increase for the five years is 51 per cent. Further, the use of slides at the present is doubtless much more systematic and eflfective than it was five years ago.
Recent Writings
"Motivating Geography" — by Stanley S. Smith, in the January issue of the Pennsylvania School Journal, briefly discusses the contribution visual material makes to the teaching of geography. Classes were tested with obvious results in favor of those in which visual material was presented.
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"Visual Aids to Education" — by Silas B. Tobey, in the February number of the Wisconsin Journal of Education, is a concise article showing the advisability of equipping schools with visual aids. The author lists the equipment recommended and the directions to teachers on their use.
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"Borrowing Visual Aids for School Use" — by Edith A. Lathrop, appears in the February issue of Normal Instructor and Primary Plans. Miss Lathrop, who is assistant specialist in School Library Service of the
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