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Rote memorization is a term for fixing information to your memory through sheer repetition. Rote learning is often viewed as bad practice, although some would argue that rote memorization is a necessary first step in learning some subjects. ... Other occasions when students may utilize rote memorization:
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homeworktips.about.com/od/glossary/g/rote.htm
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Rote memorization is a choice. If you remember facts and concepts as part of an integrated whole that expands your intellectual horizons, it won’t be rote. If you merely remember things to get through the next exam, it will be rote, and a whole lot less interesting, too.
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ericmacknight.com/wordpress/?p=55
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a collective memory ... I'm not sure I necessarily buy into the idea that meaning hinders learning, although I suppose most Japanese would prove me wrong, since rote memorization is how they learn kanji (and English as well, although with English it certainly hasn't improved their collective English speaking ability).
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www.zanthan.com/japan/archives/000360.html
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A RECENT PIECE in Newsweek prompts an editor to reflect on that subversive phrase "rote memorization." ... Yet in a subtle bit of linguistic sleight of hand, the pejorative term "rote memorization" is commonly used as synonymous with memorization tout court. It's almost always contrasted with comprehension and...
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www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/...
www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/300cczpb.asp
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So the phrase "rote memory" has been invented to describe such fruitless memorization, something we all do not want in the use of memory. ... But this, too, is tricky. I have "rote-memorized" the fact that 7X8=56, in the sense that I don't draw a 7 by 8 rectangle and count squares every time I need that...
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www.math.rochester.edu/people/faculty/rarm/rote-mem.htm...
www.math.rochester.edu/people/faculty/rarm/rote-mem.html
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What is now favored (to the exclusion of rote memorization) is an integrated understanding of the material to be taught. To be sure, that is the ultimate goal of any educator worth his tenure. But before any integrations can be learned one must first obtain a multitude of facts ...
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www.ebtx.com/math/rotemem.htm
www.ebtx.com/math/rotemem.htm
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For those with a few gray hairs, grandchildren and great grandchildren, we can still remember when rote memorization was required in school. We memorized the multiplication tables. We memorized basic rules for spelling and grammar.
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www.newswithviews.com/Betty/Freauf25.htm
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“But it is worth it,” he said.I love that "nevertheless," as if it is just fine to subject a young child to 9 hours of rote memorization a day as long as "some" of them can make it to the best high schools.
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althouse.blogspot.com/2006/08/boys-subjected-to-9-hours...
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