[Review of the book Training in the Technique of Study

Abstract

Reviews the book, Training in the Technique of Study by Walter Monroe and Dora Keen Mohlman (1924). In recent years our attention has been directed to the conviction that study habits form an important educational objective. In this monograph we have presented a method of procedure looking toward training the child in good habits of study. After selecting a group of high school students who were doing poor work a careful study was made of the causes of low school standing. Certain types of defects were found to prevail. Following the analysis of each student's difficulties, remedial instruction was given for a period. The results of this remedial training, while not successful in every detail, encouraged the authors to express the belief that if such study procedure could be carried out systematically during the entire school year, improvement would be evident in the majority of cases .Should this prediction prove true, it would mean the salvaging of many of our high school failures, resulting in a social and economic gain. A brief examination of how bright children study by means of interviews seem to show conclusively that the success of such children was due, in part, to the efficient methods of studying their lessons. While the study is not an exhaustive one and the findings not entirely satisfactory, the study opens a new responsibility for the class-room teacher and supervisor. The monograph closes with a bibliography of more than forty titles carefully annotated, thus making an important contribution for any one interested in a similar study. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)