THE TEACHING OF AREAS AND VOLUMES

The teaching scheme outlined is intended to apply to those students who are able to conceive fairly readily what is meant by ‘area’ and ‘volume’. To one for whom these terms have real meaning it is difficult to appreciate the non‐comprehension on the part of others, but perhaps their position may be more readily appreciated if one were asked to explain, or handle mathematically, say, the fourth dimension or any of the mathematical operators.