A Class Room Logic / Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of Teaching

by George Hastings McNair

9. USE OF DIVISION AND CLASSIFICATION IN THE SCHOOL ROOM.

It has been stated that classification and division aimat the same result. Classification reduces multiplicity to unity while division differentiates unity into multiplicity. In short, division is deductive while classification is inductive in mode of procedure. Therefore, classification should be used in those situations which call for induction and division in cases where deduction is the better method.

Speaking generally, classification should be used with small children when the essential thing is to present the concrete facts with a view of leading the children to discover for themselves the truths contained therein.

With older pupils division may be used, if the purpose is to set in order facts which are already known.