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IN a brief introduction Prof. Cubberley states that the author's aim was βto construct a simple and helpful volume for the teacher who is called upon to teach elementary science lessons, and yet has neither scientific training nor apparatus for the work.β The statement prepares the reader for the limitations of the book. Mr. Trafton's scheme includes practically no chemistry, and the physics is both exiguous and scrappy; by far the greatest part consists of simple observational work upon plants and animals. Within these limitations, however, there is much that is both attractive and useful, and the limitations themselves correspond to those of most rural elementary schools in this country.
The Teaching of Science in the Elementary School.
By Gilbert H. Trafton. (Riverside Text-books in Education.) Pp. x + 293.(New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.; London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1918.) Price 6s. 6d. net.
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The Teaching of Science in the Elementary School . Nature 105, 420 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105420b0
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