The American Journal of Education, Volume 32Henry Barnard F.C. Brownell, 1882 - Education |
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... precisely the way in which he would like the pupil to write them . For the pur- pose of uniformity in figure writing , the paper should be divided into equal squares of a good size ; for it is 42 MENTAL TRAINING , Figures Tables.
... precisely the way in which he would like the pupil to write them . For the pur- pose of uniformity in figure writing , the paper should be divided into equal squares of a good size ; for it is 42 MENTAL TRAINING , Figures Tables.
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Henry Barnard. equal squares of a good size ; for it is no less important for good fig- ures than for good writing that a child should begin with " large hand . " At this stage the child may be permitted to write down a few figures for ...
Henry Barnard. equal squares of a good size ; for it is no less important for good fig- ures than for good writing that a child should begin with " large hand . " At this stage the child may be permitted to write down a few figures for ...
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... the + may be distinguished from the x , let the slope a little , if anything to the left . He may also be allowed to use the sign = to denote " is equal to . " At first it well be well that the pupil , 52 MENTAL TRAINING .
... the + may be distinguished from the x , let the slope a little , if anything to the left . He may also be allowed to use the sign = to denote " is equal to . " At first it well be well that the pupil , 52 MENTAL TRAINING .
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... equal as you can man- age . Each of these fragments , you tell him , is a third part , or a " third " of the whole . In Arithmetic , when one whole is thus divided into equal parts , each part is called , not a fragment , but a fraction ...
... equal as you can man- age . Each of these fragments , you tell him , is a third part , or a " third " of the whole . In Arithmetic , when one whole is thus divided into equal parts , each part is called , not a fragment , but a fraction ...
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... equal parts ; you may take a number of them together . For example , if the stick has been divided into six parts , each of which is called a sixth , you may take 2 , 3 , 4 , or 5 of these together , thus making two sixths , three ...
... equal parts ; you may take a number of them together . For example , if the stick has been divided into six parts , each of which is called a sixth , you may take 2 , 3 , 4 , or 5 of these together , thus making two sixths , three ...
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Page 224 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 378 - State; and whereas the encouragement of arts and sciences and all good literature tends to the honor of God, the advantage of the Christian religion, and the great benefit of this and the other United States of America...
Page 515 - List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...
Page 315 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for the "endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page 784 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 288 - ... the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each state which mav take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college...
Page 532 - But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth : but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be further polished and illustrated and accommodated for use and practice ; but it increaseth no more in bulk and substance.
Page 288 - ... that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act, may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective Legislatures of said States.
Page 775 - Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any commonwealth ; and whereas many parents and masters are too indulgent and negligent of their duty in that kind : " It is therefore ordered by this court and the authority thereof, that the selectmen of every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families,...
Page 775 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...