FIRST BOOK IN GENERAL MATHEMATICS (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from First Book in General MathematicsThe pedagogical remedy for such a state of affairs may be summed up in the words practical use or relation to life. Interest can be aroused and maintained only when there is a tangible relation between the subject matter studied and the out-of-school life of the student. This idea is not new, but has been applied in various forms at different times. In the Colebrook School, for example, in the northern part of New Hampshire, where the school is being made over to fit the needs of the community, the course in geometry has been substituted by a course in practical mathematics which includes