In 1917, J. Carleton Bell published an article in The Journal of Educational Psychology lamenting the low performance of US History students in remembering historical facts. 94 years ago.... 94 years ago, a researcher was testing male and female students about what they did and did not recall about US History AND the students failed the test in huge numbers. Over half of the students failed the test. Wow... sounds familiar, especially since I am researching the problem of low academic performance in US History students on a test where over half the students fail. Why have we not fixed the problem yet?
Maybe 94 years from now, some doctoral student will find my article and say... man, I sure am glad she figured it out. :) Back to researching.
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