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learn something by rote Fig. to learn something by memorizing without giving any thought to what is being learned. I learned history by rote; then I couldn't pass the test that required me to think. If you learn things by rote, you'll never understand them. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We have found that interviews and questionnaires can be used to assess individual's proclivities to learn by rote or meaningfully, with most people falling somewhere along a continuum from very rote learners to highly meaningful learners (Bretz, 1994; Edmondson & Novak, 1993). Often in Graham now you're taught shapes, and people learn by rote based on the definition of all those shapes. nbsp;only mimic sounds and learn by rote, Pepperberg says Alex can identify 50 objects, 7 colors, and 5 shapes, and understand abstract concepts like bigger, smaller, same, and different--proving that "animal intelligence is more widespread than we thought," she says. |
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