12/01/2006

"Negative learning"

Never heard of it until now. Seems to be connected with the phenomenon of seniors scoring lower in the same test as given to freshmen.

In the case of 16 colleges, including Yale, Brown, and Georgetown, the test subject was history. Some 28 percent thought Gettysburg was the final battle of the Revolution.

Don't think this bunch would have caught a passing reference to Galvanized Yankees.