The teacher considered memorization of the alphabet to be rote learning. From LearnThat.org.
Of course, it being rote is part of the point, as Fforde's trying to deconstruct the whole genre. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Over Easy: Summary and book reviews of The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde.] Reference
The era of photocopied vocabulary lists read by rote is thankfully over, thanks to textbooks like Compelling Conversations. From Wordnik.com. [Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics- An Engaging ESL Textbook for Advanced Students « Books « Literacy News] Reference
Althouse: Ethnicity, spelling, and "rote" memorization. From Wordnik.com. [Ethnicity, spelling, and "rote" memorization.] Reference
And it suits my current busy-mental state which can only handle this kind of rote knitting. From Wordnik.com. [Sunday Night Blob - And She Knits Too!] Reference
Why do we always have to throw in the pejorative word "rote" when talking about memorization?. From Wordnik.com. [Ethnicity, spelling, and "rote" memorization.] Reference
They won't act, 'cept for the kind of rote job they were doin', till they get a signal from a complete entity " Ah. Here we go. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Rebel Worlds]
The WASL test reflects the "new new" math that downplays "rote" memorization and learning of computational skills like long division. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: The soft bigotry of low expectations] Reference
It is the near total lack of this middle ground of communication between internal experience and outer rote which is largely responsible for the collectve assumptions re. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Technically it's alright, but it's just "rote," and he has no passion. From Wordnik.com. [EclipseMagazine] Reference
However, teaching a software by "rote" from a book does not an instructor make. From Wordnik.com. [All Discussion Groups: Message List - root] Reference
Lately she lived much more by random than by rote. From Wordnik.com. [Backwards] Reference
"We do a mechanical calculation, just a rote calculation.". From Wordnik.com. [Chief Concedes Drilling Regulator Relied on Industry] Reference
Most educators rely exclusively on textbooks and rote learning. From Wordnik.com. [The Sum Of Mediocrity] Reference
After that, though, most everything was either written or rote. From Wordnik.com. [Hoping For Passion] Reference
For example, middle-school students have to do rote memorization. From Wordnik.com. [Good Grades, Poor Missiles] Reference
The rote memorization system detracts from the quality of education. From Wordnik.com. [Good Grades, Poor Missiles] Reference
Real homework and real study is not rote memory, but active curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [Carol Smaldino: How Afghan Amnesia and WikiLeaks Affect Our Kids] Reference
Regulators also described a reliance on "rote calculations" and routines. From Wordnik.com. [Chief Concedes Drilling Regulator Relied on Industry] Reference
By rote, all of us stewardesses pointed out the rafts in their normal sequence. From Wordnik.com. [Helen Davey: Tales of Pan Am: Welcome to Vietnam] Reference
Tying them to standardized tests makes rote regurgitation the centerpiece of schools. From Wordnik.com. [The Wages Of Teaching] Reference
Students did not concentrate on rote learning and mindless drill and skill or test prep. From Wordnik.com. [Rick Ayers: An Inconvenient Superman: Davis Guggenheim's New Film Hijacks School Reform] Reference
Creativity and innovation will become more important; the emphasis on rote learning must go. From Wordnik.com. [SHARED WISDOM] Reference
His 1910 picture of the Vienna Opera House is a deadeningly rote transcription from a postcard. From Wordnik.com. [Hitler's Paintings] Reference
Why risk such embarrassment? better to stay "on message" and recite the same rote speeches day after day. From Wordnik.com. [Pumping Iron, Digging Gold, Pressing Flesh] Reference
Most times, you can get away with that because driving turns out to be, you know, a fairly rote experience. From Wordnik.com. [Digital Overload: Your Brain On Gadgets] Reference
Lectures, work sheets and rote memorization would be replaced by hands-on materials, drama and project work. From Wordnik.com. [Why Do Schools Flunk Biology?] Reference
They ignore the social construction of knowledge, the difference between deep learning and rote memorization. From Wordnik.com. [Rick Ayers: An Inconvenient Superman: Davis Guggenheim's New Film Hijacks School Reform] Reference
The pace of change is also slowed by Confucian ideals — respect for authority, hierarchy, and rote learning. From Wordnik.com. [Opting For The Arts] Reference
That means workers will need more interpretative abilities and less of the rote skills prized on the assembly line. From Wordnik.com. [Dumber Than We Thought] Reference
Many university graduates, raised on rote learning, have little ability to challenge ideas and think independently. From Wordnik.com. [Built To Last] Reference
Drucker wanted his students to succeed as managers, but not by following formulae or precepts they learned by rote. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Drucker: The unreleased recordings] Reference
Both he and Senator Obama need to provide detailed and incisive answers, not rote snippets from their stump speeches. From Wordnik.com. [This Is Important] Reference
They blame a consensus-based culture and an educational system that stresses rote memorization over critical thinking. From Wordnik.com. [The Generation Gap: A Land With No Sides] Reference
Rituals dominated life, and rote memorization -- and the ability to pass official exams -- were all it took to succeed. From Wordnik.com. [Learning To Think] Reference
It was reduced to rote lectures by the teacher where you had a classroom where a third of the kids didn't speak English. From Wordnik.com. [Teacher Performance Data Stirs Evaluation Debate] Reference
The reason is that China is used to the system of rote memorization, and if someone tries to change it, students would resist. From Wordnik.com. [Good Grades, Poor Missiles] Reference
Is China's traditional reliance on education through rote memorization suited to today's emphasis on creativity and innovation?. From Wordnik.com. [Good Grades, Poor Missiles] Reference
Workers should train "until it's rote," not every few years (if that -- Willis says he's had just one fire-safety course in 16 years). From Wordnik.com. [SECURITY: GETTING TRANSIT ONBOARD] Reference
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