In this article, Mr. Davis identifies two common shortcomings in science education— over-use of the textbook and over-reliance on teacher demonstrations—and proposes a remedy for each. To extend pupils' learning experience beyond their contacts with their own textbook, he describes the use of teaching kits—collections of printed materials on a given topic which can be borrowed by interested classes. To provide more pupil participation in experimentation, he suggests a wide variety of improvised and inexpensive, yet highly useful, science equipment. He concludes his article with a bibliography of things-to-do publications in experimental science.
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— Experiments with Magnetism and Electricity, Vol. V, Washington, D. C.: National Science Teachers Association.
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