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Página 3 - 7. Long continued criticism and correcting of manuscript is one of the severest tests of physical endurance to be found in any teaching, and the limit of full and continued efficiency in it is about two hours a day or ten hours a week. Much more than this results sooner or later in the physical collapse of the teacher.
Página 3 - 11.) 6. The physical rate, stated in the average number of words an hour, at which an average teacher can carefully read and correct manuscript is for high schools about 2000 and for college freshman about 2200. (Page 8.)
Página 3 - 12. In determining the proper duty of an English composition teacher, the standard of measurement should be, not the number of teaching hours, but the number of pupils.
Página 4 - increase or diminish this number.* (Page 9.) 14. English composition, usually taught in colleges by the younger and less experienced instructors, should be taught by the best teachers of a department. (Page 12.) 15. Teachers should not teach English composition exclusively. (Page 11.) 16. It is commonly better to employ "theme readers" than to leave themes unread, but the practice seldom maintains a proper standard of efficiency.
Página 3 - 11. Under the average of existing conditions it is a physical impossibility, by any "method" whatever, for any English composition teacher to bring his work to a proper standard of efficiency. (Pages 9, 10 and 16.) 12.
Página 8 - colleges, some of the very best testify that it is more difficult to retain instructors in English composition than in other subjects. Others report that instructors wear out, suffer from indigestion and nervous exhaustion, lose their efficiency, impair their eyesight, become the prey of shattered nerves, break down and find their way to hospital or cemetery, because of "killing
Página 7 - Some school administrators have said that though composition exercises must be written it is not necessary to read them; that instead of doing so teachers should "go
Página 3 - 5. Efficiency of method requires that all such manuscript shall be read, criticised, and corrected by the teacher, either orally with the pupil, or in writing.
Página 11 - allowance is made for theme reading, what is that allowance? Answers:—In the high schools in which any allowance is made for theme reading, the average allowance is one period a day or five periods a week, counted as teaching time. This is an allowance of less than five hours, while the work to be done, as shown by preceding, data.,
Página 4 - 13. The average number of pupils which a single composition teacher should be able to train, according to a proper standard of efficiency is, under average conditions, for high schools about 50, for college freshman classes about 35. Conditions in particular cases

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