age or experience should be conserved.14 Such acuteness is often the result of some need, and, unless consciously preserved, will vanish with the need.
Progress in Such Training. — The elementary sense experiences are defined and described by Calkins. 15 Only through a psychological study can one realize the numerous elements and the possibility of study. As yet, doubtless, Scientific Management misses many opportunities for training and utilizing the senses. But the standardizing of elements, and the realization of the importance of more and more intensive study of the elements lends assurance that ultimately all possibilities will be utilized.
As Many Senses as Possible Appealed To. — Scientific Management has made great progress in appealing to as many senses as possible in its teaching. The importance of the relation between the senses is brought out by Prof. Stratton.16
In teaching, Scientific Management has, in its Page 232 teachers, animate and inanimate, great possibilities of appealing to many senses simultaneously. The instruction card may be
- read to oneself silently — eyes appealed to
- read to oneself aloud — eyes and ears appealed to, also muscles used trained to repeat
- read aloud to one — ears
- read aloud to one and also read silently by one, — eyes and ears
- read aloud, and at the same time copied — eyes, ears, muscles of mouth, muscles of hand
- read to one, while process described is demonstrated
- read to one while process is performed by oneself
There are only a few of the possible combinations, any of which are used,