" The children who watched the cartoon were operating at half the capacity compared to other children , " said angeline s. lillard , a professor of psychology at the university of virginia and one of the paper 's authors .
Angeline lillard , professor of psychology at the university of virginia , said that too many schools were still clinging to a traditional " factory model " of the classroom in which children sitting silently in ranks were considered blank sheets on which teachers could imprint knowledge merely by talking to them .