Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Elements of Arithmetic: Oral and Written for Lower and Middle Grades; Revised and Enlarged
A. d104-book in any branch of study should be an aid to teacher and pupil. Its matter should be graded, and its form should be simple, logical and systematic. It should unfold from some fundamental idea around which all its essential facts should be grouped.
Arithmetic is a means of training the will, since the mate rial world is controlled by numbers. The intellect may think the world, but cannot change any of its forms. By his will man asserts his dominion over matter and arithmetic is the branch of study which gives him this mastery.
The material world is made to serve man's purposes by counting, weighing, measuring and valuing it. Man's wealth, whether in cattle, acres, wares or dollars, is determined by counting. The products of field, workshop and mine are weighed, measured and valued. Arithmetic is therefore a practical study which deals with material things. The land on which we dwell, the houses in which we live, the clothing which we wear and the food which we eat, is determined and brought within our control through numerical processes. Arithmetic is an active force in our civilization, and its study is of fundamental importance.
Number is a property of things, but numbers are expres sions for things. Hence it is plain that if the child is to gain the mastery of the art of using numbers, he should derive his ideas from counting, weighing, measuring and valuing the things which come within his experience. The imagination rather than the memory should be exercised in learning the arithmetical art.
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