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lation of the time given to arithmetic and results obtained, one 

 might have believed there "was a close correlation between the two 

 in any subject ; in view of tlie fact that in arithmetic the correla- 

 tion between the two variables mentioned above is a low one, con- 

 clusions with reference to the relation in other school subjects must 

 be Avithheld until more investigations have been made. 



By reference to the next table it will be observed that the time 

 given to history gradually increases from the first to the eighth 

 grade, the median time in minutes per week from the first to the 

 eighth grade inclusive being as follows: 33.33, 43.40, 48.00, 75.00, 

 85.00, 98.19, 113.23, and 132.06. The range is from ten to 225 

 minutes per week. One hundred minutes per week is the favored 

 time, having 218 totals. Both 125 and 150 minutes per week are 

 close seconds to the above, the former with 215 totals and the lat- 

 ter with 210. By comparing the totals in the foregoing with those 

 which follow, one notices that there is more general agreement as 

 to the length of the recitation period than as to the number of 

 minutes per week to be given to history. The explanation of this 

 difference is the fact that recitation periods are determined from 

 a psychological point of view, while the number of minutes per 

 work given any subject is usually a local matter, often determined 

 without much thouerht. 



Number of systems represented. 



10 minutes per week 



12 minutes per week 



15 minutes per week 



20 minutes per week 



25 minutes per week 



30 minutes per week 



36 minutes per week 



40 minutes per week 



42 minutes per week 



45 minutes per week 



50 minutes per week 



60 minutes per week . 



75 minutes per week 



80 minutes per week 



90 minutes per week 



100 minutes per week 



125 minutes per week 



150 minutes per week 



160 minutes per week. 



175 minutes per week 



200 minutes per week 



225 minutes per week 



Median time per week 



116 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 21 

 1 



28 



Frequency in Grades — 



2 3 4 j 5 



125 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 15 

 2 

 23 



33 I 43 



147 

 2 



1 

 10 

 3 

 8 

 2 

 19 

 1 

 15 

 5 

 25 

 22 

 2 

 2 

 24 

 2 

 3 



163 



14 



11 

 6 

 31 

 21 

 4 

 3 

 35 

 10 

 7 



210 



6 

 8 

 28 

 22 

 18 

 4 

 51 

 31 

 22 



48 I 75 85 98 1113 



215 



3 

 8 

 20 

 19 

 5 

 6 

 42 

 57 

 27 

 1 

 12 

 2 

 2 



222 



10 

 5 

 7 

 25 

 68 

 64 

 2 

 12 

 9 

 7 



216 



1 



2 



5 



4 



4 

 21 

 47 

 85 



2 



19 i 

 18 ! 



Total, 



4 

 2 

 8 

 60 

 12 

 77 

 2 

 62 

 2 



66 

 44 

 139 

 124 

 40 

 29 

 209 

 213 

 210 

 5 

 47 

 30 

 18 



132 



