CHAPTER XI
ATTENTION
Outline—Chapter XI
Attention the mother of learning.—Gregory quoted.—The fact of attention in the Army.—What attention is.—Illustrations.—Attention and interest.—The three types of attention: Involuntary, nonvoluntary, voluntary.—How to secure attention.—Interest the great key to attention.
In that stimulating little book, The Seven Laws of Teaching, by Gregory, et al, the second law is stated in these words:
"A learner is one who attends with interest to the lesson."
Expressed as a rule of teaching, the law is made to read:
"Gain and keep the attention and interest of the pupils upon the lesson. Do not try to teach without attention."