question-and-answer method

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Thinking.—In the process of synthesis the pupil is free to draw upon the entire stock of his accumulated resources, whereas in the question-and-answer method he is circumscribed.

From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.

This would suggest the constant use of the question-and-answer method to fix more firmly the important points in ground we have already passed over.

From The Recitation by Betts, George Herbert

Where the topical method is most serviceable.—As has already been explained, the topical method requires more independence of thought than the question-and-answer method, and will therefore find its greatest use in the higher grades.

From The Recitation by Betts, George Herbert

Here and there we find superintendents, principals, and teachers who are shuddering away from the question-and-answer method both in the recitation and in the examination.

From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.

The famous "Socratic method" was simply the question-and-answer method applied by Socrates to teaching new truths.

From The Recitation by Betts, George Herbert