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Socratic method   /səkrˈætɪk mˈɛθəd/   Listen
Socratic method

noun
1.
A method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students.  Synonym: maieutic method.





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"Socratic method" Quotes from Famous Books



... hour was given to questioning the members of the class. In this he used the Socratic method, leading the pupil by a series of questions to the discovery of the incorrectness of his reasoning or the falsity of his grounds. By this process the students were led to question their own reasoning, to think clearly and to express ...
— A History of the McGuffey Readers • Henry H. Vail


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