When Rosa Bentley entered the fifth grade of the Lowell school, Miss
Sieger recognized her at once as an inveterate talker. This was
especially manifest in the study periods where Rosa had formed the habit
of studying aloud.
[Sidenote: Teach Silent Study]
“Well, there must be some cause for the child’s doing this,” thought
Miss Sieger. “She is another one of those untrained pupils.” Miss Sieger
was aware of the deficiencies in our school system.
“I’m going to teach Rosa how to study.”
That afternoon she worked alone with the child for fifteen minutes,
patiently helping her, sentence by sentence, to comprehend what she was
reading without pronouncing the words aloud. This was only the beginning
of a series of special lessons in how to study.
When Rosa had gained some headway, Miss Sieger held her up as an example
to an occasional delinquent.
“Rosa has learned how to study, now can’t you?”