Abstract
INTEREST in the useof tests as a technic for motivating the general public to acquire information has recently been stimulated by the use of quiz corners as teaching devices in health education and other fields.* In Newark, N. J., the Baby-Keep-Well Stations have adapted with considerable success the popular quiz session to an educational purpose, through the employment of True or False contest methods with groups of mothers who attend conferences. As originally planned, using true-false statements as an educational device had as its primary objective instructing mothers in proper procedures for infant care. When the plan was put into operation, however, it developed that it was equally valuable for other purposes. It pointed out to the physicians those facts about baby care that were relatively or completely unknown to many of the mothers, and it also uncovered a number of wrong ideas which the mothers had. By concentrating on facts that were unknown and on the correction of wrong impressions, the physicians were able to make their instruction much more profitable. Furthermore, if he had previously
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