A Study of Supervised Study (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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This bulletin illustrates a type of educational research which is much needed. A multitude of original studies have been reported in our educational periodicals and in bulletins and monographs, but very few critical summaries of such work are to be found. The litera ture on many educational topics is now so vast that very few students can find the time to read it. If waste is to be avoided, summaries must be prepared in order that the results of original studies may be sufficiently accessible to teachers, principals, superintendents, and other students of Education.

The need for critical summaries of our educational literature is even greater than the mere vastness of it indicates. Unfortunately, a considerable portion of what has been written has little value and in some cases reports of original studies are misleading, if not erron cous. Doubtless, Mr. Brownell's conclusion in regard to the general character of the literature relating to supervised study would apply also to the literature on other topics. In the concluding chapter of this bulletin he says, it must be admitted that an unfortunately large amount of writing on supervised study is repetitious and, to put it mildly, futile Many of the investigations of supervised study appear to represent much wasted effort since it is unnecessary to prove the obvious.

Mr. Brownell has rendered a distinct service by preparing a critical summary of over 450 pages of material relating to supervised study, and it is hoped that the publication of this Study of Super vised Study will encourage students of Education to undertake similar studies of the literature on other topics.

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