...culture value. Its practical feature lies, of course, in mensuration. Of the other side it has been said, "Here, then, is the dominating value of geometry,...be made a very effective means of conveying a moral lesson. Without this aim well in mind, the teacher is like a mariner without a compass; he knows not...

...tendency and strive to create a living interest in the subject. 650 SCHOOL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS neatness, order, diligence, and, above all, of honesty....be made a very effective means of conveying a moral lesson. Without this aim well in mind, the teacher is like" a mariner without a compass ; he knows...

...it affords and only secondarily on account of the knowledge of facts it imparts. Thus also Smith:1 Here, then, is the dominating value of geometry, its...neatness, order, diligence, and above all, of honesty. Likewise Young: 3 But the facts of mathematics, important and valuable as they are, are not the strongest...

...it affords and only secondarily on account of the knowledge of facts it imparts. Thus also Smith:1 Here, then, is the dominating value of geometry, its...logic, as a means of mental training, as a discipline hi the habits of neatness, order, diligence, and above all, of honesty. Likewise Young: * • But the...

...facts it imparts. Thus also Smith : 2 Here, then, is the dominating value of geometry, its value as a*i exercise in logic, as a means of mental training,...neatness, order, diligence, and above all, of honesty. Likewise Young : 3 • But the facts of mathematics, important and valuable as they are, are not the...

...it affords and only secondarily on account of the knowledge of facts it imparts. Thus also Smith: 2 Here, then, is the dominating value of geometry, its value as an cxcri-i.se in logic, as a means of mental training, as a discipline in the habits of neatness, order,...

...The results .of the disciplinary and transfer theories were disappointing. For example, Smith says, "Here, then, is the dominating value of geometry,...as a means of mental training, as a discipline in habits of neatness, order, diligence and above all, of honesty." Yet algebra and geometry are precisely...

...mathematics. These men say that primarily mathematics exemplifies "certain modes of thought," that it has value "as an exercise in logic, as a means of mental training," and that it is taught "only secondarily on account of the facts it imparts." From this it is apparent...

...ethical improvement. an American pedagogue found its most important consequence in the inculcation of honesty. The fact that a piece of mathematical...be made a very effective means of conveying a moral lesson'.14 Tell the truth: your lies. like your mistakes. can be detected. exposed. and graded. No...