Upon consideration of the above two paragraphs, It is evident that the school is the agency that must help man to take his place in society; it must transmit the culture to the next generation. In order to do this, it must assist him to think, since this is the native endow ment that sets him off from other living things. I. The Types of Thinking Staith states that thinking is manifested in observable behavior.^ Since man cannot see actual thought processes in action, he must judge the content, quality, and essence of these thought processes by means of the effect that they have on the individual. If it is to be believed that the most effective way to evaluate learning is through observation of the action patterns of the learner, it must follow that, since learning is baaed upon thought processes, thinking must also be evalu ated through observation of behavior. The question then arises as to what patterns of behavior can be associated with thought processes. Stating it more simply, "What types of thinking does man do?1 * Cohen and Nagel have isolated four types of thinking in terns of behavior: (1) The Method of Tenacity, (2) The Method of Authority, (3) The Method of Intuition, and (4) The Method of Science.3 B.
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