> According to my parents (who were actually alive then), there was a backlash against more traditional educational approaches (particularly anything involving

> According to my parents (who were actually alive then), there was a backlash against more traditional educational approaches (particularly anything involving memorization) in the '60s. Yeah. This was the cognitive revolution after a long period of (excessive, imho) behaviorism. The pendulum swang too far in the other direction in some cases.