Diagnostic Teaching: Earl

error method throughout. His memory span for digits, both visual and auditory, was five, but he could get six on three repetitions. His reading proficiency was found to be about that of First Grade, which was poor for his age and grade. The conclusion reached by the examiner was that Earl's mentality was normal and that his difficulty with reading was due to the fact that, as a member of a large class, he did not receive the amount of attention that he required. Clinic teaching was recommended to fully determine the cause of his poor reading and to suggest a way to help him. Earl was full of "pep" whenever he came to the Clinic, but all this superfluous energy soon disappeared when the lesson began. He loved to come, but it might be suspected that he liked to be