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Riverside Educational Monographs

EDITED BY HENRY SUZZALLO

BY

GEORGE HERBERT BETTS, Ph. D.

PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY

CORNELL COLLEGE, IOWA

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO

The Riverside Press Cambridge

CONTENTS

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

I

THE PURPOSES OF THE RECITATION

II

THE METHOD OF THE RECITATION

III

THE ART OF QUESTIONING

IV

CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO A GOOD RECITATION

V

THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LESSON

OUTLINE

RIVERSIDE EDUCATIONAL MONOGRAPHS

RIVERSIDE TEXTBOOKS IN EDUCATION

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY