QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 272, 4 May 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING.

"In our schools to-day there is too much talking and ton little testing of tho right type, "says Sir R. Blair, Education Officer, Education Offices, Victoria Embankment, W.C., in a pamphlet 011 tlio art of examining, which has been tent to all Loudon County Council elementary teachers. "Tho deviling of suitable tests is regarded as one of the most pressing problems of modern pedagogical research/' lie says, suggesting "that questions should ask "why" as well as "what." Tlio following are examples: How do you account for the density of population in Staffordshire?

Why has lL>.i;i.cniouth's population increased so raoidly within the list thirty years, wlr'e York's has remained stationary?

Find out from your atlas the distance from London to Glasgow , How long would it take you to go there by train? What would tl.e third-class fare be at a penny a mile? After you have written down yo:.r answers, consult a railway time-table and find the actual time and fare. Explain tho difference between your estimate and what the timetable stated.