Problems In Observation And Introspection
1. Test your power of observation by walking rapidly past a well-filled store window and then seeing how many of the objects you can name.
2. Suppose a tailor, a bootblack, a physician, and a detective are standing on the street corner as you pass by. What will each one be most likely to observe about you? Why?
3. Observe carefully green trees at a distance of a few rods; a quarter of a mile; a mile; several miles. Describe differences (1) in color, (2) in brightness, or light, and (3) in detail.
4. How many common birds can you identify? How many kinds of trees? Of wild flowers? Of weeds?
5. Observe the work of an elementary school for the purpose of determining:
a. Whether the instruction in geography, nature study, agriculture, etc., calls for the use of the eyes, ears and fingers.
b. Whether definitions are used in place of first-hand information in any subjects.
c. Whether the assignment of lessons to pupils includes work that would require the use of the senses, especially out of doors.
d. Whether the work offered in arithmetic demands the use of the senses as well as the reason.
e. Whether the language lessons make use of the power of observation.
