question-and-answer method

This does not give opportunity for practice enough in reciting on the part of the pupil, if the question-and-answer method is employed exclusively.

There is really no hard and fast line between the topical method and the question-and-answer method.

Where the topical method is most serviceable.—As has already been explained, the topical method requires more independence of thought than the question-and-answer method, and will therefore find its greatest use in the higher grades.

The question-and-answer method The question-and-answer method is so familiar to every one that it requires no formal definition.

When and where to employ the question-and-answer method.—The question-and-answer method is particularly adapted to the lower grades, in which the children have not yet developed the ability to recite independently on long topics.