question-and-answer method

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Remembering and knowing.—In our school practices we have become so inured to the question-and-answer method of the recitation that we have made the examination its counterpart.

From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.

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.

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 second danger we note in the question-and-answer method is that it does not give as much opportunity for training in self-expression as the topical method.

From The Recitation by Betts, George Herbert

This does not give opportunity for practice enough in reciting on the part of the pupil, if the question-and-answer method is employed exclusively.

From The Recitation by Betts, George Herbert