ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



DELATION TO ARITHMETIC. PAGE 



I. FIELD OF ARITHMETIC. DEALS WITH NUMBER AND SIZE 



RELATIONS (THE "HOW-MUCHNESS ") OF THINGS . . . 292 

 II. RELATION OF ARITHMETIC TO NATURE STUDY 293 



A. In nature study, as pursued in elementary schools, num- 



ber and size relations of minor importance as com- 

 pared with form and function 293 



B. Danger of forcing too close correlation between nature 



study and arithmetic 294 



1. Danger to nature study. 



a. Emphasizes details (size and number) in na- 

 ture study which are accidental or of minor 

 importance. 



6. Sacrifices higher work, or loses sight of higher 

 aims. 



2. Danger to arithmetic. 



a. May not provide for adequate drill. 



C. Value of nature study in co-operation with arithmetic . 295 



1. Furnishes material for concrete work in arithmetic. 



2. Trains in exactness in observation, expression, and 



thought. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 Selection and Sequence of Material. 



I. SELECTION OF MATERIAL DETERMINED BY 



A. The aim. 



B. The nature and development of the children. 



C. The prevailing conditions. 



II. INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT AIMS ON SELECTION OF MA- 

 TERIAL '*. .- > 297 



A. Of interest as an aim. Importance of considering . . . 297 



1. Interest of teacher. 



2. Interest of children. 



3. Interest of parents. 



B. Of cultivation of higher nature as an aim 300 



1. Greater value of material showing life and action. 



2. Application to plants, animals, minerals, physics. 



C. Of development of intellectual power as an aim . . . 301 



1. Power must be developed by individual activity. 



2. Importance of material which will admit of indi- 



vidual work. 



