Establish a central agency or endowed fund devoted to systematic, thorough series of experiments on teaching, interpreted in light of known facts about the learning process.¶

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Description¶

The editorial proposes an institutional mechanism for scientific solution of educational problems: "Some central agency, or some endowed fund, should be devoted to the scientific solution of these problems by systematic and thorough series of experiments". The proposed work includes interpretation of results in the light of the known facts about the learning process, with psychological facts brought to bear in normal schools and school systems. This is the authors' forward-looking recommendation, not an implemented design.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Systematic and thorough series of experiments, interpreted in the light of the known facts about the learning process

Constraints¶

• The author states the solution is probably not single or simple in any case

Target Learners¶

• School students in grade buildings receiving music instruction

Target Learning Goals¶

• Rational foundation for aims and ideals in the teaching of music

Claims¶

• The editorial argues that fundamental questions about teaching music should be settled by controlled experiment rather than by trial and error. [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Test school children's artistic endowment and check test results against subsequent training

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• O. E. S. and J. C. B. (1913). Editorial notes, The Journal of Educational Psychology, p. 294. https://psycnet.apa.org/journals/edu/