TABLE 6.--TIME GIVEN TO LANGUAGE, COMPOSITION, AND GRAMMAR
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| Hours per year | Per cent of grade time
|-----------------------|------------------------
Grade | Cleveland | 50 cities | Cleveland | 50 cities
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1 | 79 | 75 | 10.9 | 8.6
2 | 95 | 79 | 10.8 | 8.7
3 | 79 | 94 | 9.0 | 10.3
4 | 104 | 106 | 11.8 | 10.9
5 | 120 | 116 | 13.6 | 12.0
6 | 120 | 118 | 13.6 | 12.2
7 | 125 | 134 | 14.3 | 13.7
8 | 125 | 142 | 14.3 | 14.1
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Total | 847 | 864 | 12.3 | 11.4
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In the teaching of grammar too much stress is placed on forms and
relations. Of course it is expected that this knowledge will be of
service to the pupils in their everyday expression. But such practical
application of the knowledge is not the thing toward which the work
actually looks. The end really achieved is rather the ability to
recite well on textbook grammar, and to pass good examinations in the
subject. In classes visited the thing attempted was being done in a
relatively effective way. And when judged in the light of the kind
of education considered best 20 years ago, the work is of a superior
character.