rote memorization
Americannoun
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The question definitively answered here is whether more schools should be emphasizing project learning over rote memorization and teaching to the test.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Her eyes dart up and down in a manner that betrays rote memorization, not scholarship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Generative A.I. can also help with rote memorization.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
The standards also contain “a vast quantity of rote memorization that is neither useful nor likely for content knowledge retention,” the organizations wrote.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2023
“Although that’s just another rote memorization, isn’t it?”
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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