The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

May, 1936 Page 139 er number of really good teaching*films and slides are produced, it would seem that great strides in visual education cannot be expected. The writer has often wondered why motion pictures and slides could not be produced along with the textbooks and one set sold to each school system which adopts the text. In summary of this experiment it can be said the evidence definitely shows that visual aids are an advan- tage in teaching, as was shown by the results with Experimental Group I. However, in order to achieve the best results with visual aids the ordinary teach- ing methods and classroom management need to be modified as was shown by the results with Experi- mental Group II. Just what this modified teaching technique and class plan is, and how it functions, might be controversal. The plan used with Experimental Group II was to lecture at the beginning of the class on the subject for that day. Then the films and slides were projected and the various scenes carefully explained and elab- orated. While the pictures were being shown many questions were asked and very often spirited discus- sions occurred. Always at these moments the slides were left projected and the films stopped or rim over. If any time remained after the pictures were shown some of the more difficult matters were again dis- cussed. Whether this method is the best in using visual aids is by no means certain and it is quite pos- sible that some other plan might be superior. The fact that no outside or home work assignments were made in Experimental Group II should not be over-emphasized. To say that a given class, instructed with visual aids and a modified teaching technique, can learn more than a class similarly instructed but in which outside work is assigned, is of course educa- tionally unsound. In this experiment. Experimental Group II was given no outside work merely to show- that such work is not always necessary and that with visual aids it can be eliminated with no loss of learning. Following are actual questions used in test- ing the groups. A General Study Of Our Insular Possessions 1. Which of our larger island possessions is in the Car- ibbean Sea? (1) Hawaii (2) Guam (3) Phillipines (4) Porto Rico (5) Samoa 2. Which of our island possessions is approximately in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and frequently called "The crossroads of the Pacific?" (1) Samoa (2) Vir- gin Islands (3) Guam (4) Phillipines (5) Hawaii 3. Which of our island possessions is closest to China and Japan? (1) Hawaii (2) Guam (3) Virgin Islands (4) Phillipines (5) Samoa 4. Which of our island possessions is important only as a landing place for the Pacific cable, a coaling sta- tion, and a naval base? (1) Porto Rico (2) Hawaii (3) Guam (4) Phillipines (S) Samoa 5. Which of our island possessions has the greatest un- developed source of mineral wealth? (1) Porto Rico (2) Hawaii (3) Phillipines (4) Samoa (5) Virgin Islands 6. Which of our island possessions, formerly called The Sandwich Islands, and which were first a Kingdom and later a republic, asked to be annexed to our country? (1) Hawaii (2) Phillipines (3) Porto Rico (4) Samoa (5) Virgin Islands 7. Under what circumstances did United States get con- trol of most of its island possessions? (1) Seizure by force (2) Purchased (3) .Annexation (4) Result of Spanish-American War (5) Land Trades 8. What is the attitude of the United States government to its island possessions? (1) Encourage independence (2) Dominance (3) Exploitation (4) Carelessness (5) Valuable only as naval bases 9. On which of our island possessions is there a leper settlement? (1) Guam (2) Porto Rico (3) Samoa (4) Hawaii (5) Phillipines 10. What kinds of men are frequently chosen as governors of our smaller island possessions? (1) Army officers (2) \aval officers (3) Marine officers (4) Officers of the Counsellor service (5) Political friends of the Presi- dent 11. In which of our island possessions are the houses raised above the ground because of the extreme damp- ness? (1) Porto Rico (2) Guam (3) Hawaii (4) Philli- pines (S) Samoa 12. Why is the climate in most of our island possessions, all of which are in the tropical zone, described as warm and equable instead of hot and torrid? (1) High altitude (2) Heavy rainfall (3) Extensive forests (4) Influence of ocean and winds (5) Low humidity 13. In which of the island groups has our system of educa- tion and scientific training been most successful? (1) Phillipines (2) Porto Rico (3) Panama Canal Zone (4) Guam (5) Samoa 14. Which of the island possessions of United States is farthest away from the mainland of our country? (1) Panama Canal Zone (2) Samoa (3) Porto Rico (4) Hawaii (5) Phillipines 15. Which of our island possessions is nearest to the mainland of our country? (1) Virgin Islands (2) Porto Rico (3) Midway (4) Wake (S) Samoa 16. Which of our island possessions is most frequently disturbed by typhoons, hurricanes, and earthquakes? (1) Phillipines (2) Hawaii (3) Porto Rico (4) Pan- ama Canal (5) Samoa 17. Which of all our island possessions is considered the best naval base and military outpost? (1) Porto Rico (2) Phillipines (3) Hawaii (4) Guam (S) Virgin Islands A Study of Porto Rico 1. Who discovered Porto Rico? (1) Balboa (2) Drake (3) Magellan (4) Columbus (5) DeSoto 2. What is Porto Rico's most important export? (1) Sugar (2) Rice (3) Tobacco (4) Bananas (5) Pineapples 3. What is the most important city in Porto Rico? (1) Ponce (2) Mayaguez (3) Rio Piedras (4) San Juan (5) St. Thomas 4. Which word best describes the climate of Porto Rico? (1) Varied (2) Cool (3) Hot (4) Cold (5) Warm 5. What does Porto Rico mean translated into English? (1) Port of Rocks (2) Port of Riots (3) Port of Riches (4) Port of Rice (S) Port of Robbers 6. Which of the following words best describes the topo- graphy of Porto Rico? (1) Mountainous and Hilly (2) (2) Extremely rugged (3) Flat (4) Rolling (5) High regular plateau 7. What state is appro.ximately equal in size to Porto Rico? (1) Te.xas (2) Connecticut (3) Rhode Island (4) Indiana (S) California 8. What kinds of people are found in greatest numbers in Porto Rico? (1) Negroes (2) Mulattoes (3) Whites (4)Malayans (5) Indians