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Many think of memory as rote learning, a linear stuffing of the brain with facts, where understanding is irrelevant. When you teach it properly, with imagination and association, understanding becomes a part of it.
Tony Buzan

Meaning of "rote learning" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROTE LEARNING

rote learning  [rəʊt ˈlɜːnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROTE LEARNING

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Rote learning is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROTE LEARNING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rote learning

Rote learning

Rote learning is a memorization technique based on repetition. The idea is that one will be able to quickly recall the meaning of the material the more one repeats it. Some of the alternatives to rote learning include meaningful learning, associative learning, and active learning.

Definition of rote learning in the English dictionary

The definition of rote learning in the dictionary is the act of learning or memorizing something by repetition.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROTE LEARNING


afterburning
ˈɑːftəˌbɜːnɪŋ
burning
ˈbɜːnɪŋ
churning
ˈtʃɜːnɪŋ
coal-burning
ˈkəʊlbɜːnɪŋ
concerning
kənˈsɜːnɪŋ
discerning
dɪˈsɜːnɪŋ
ferning
ˈfɜːnɪŋ
gut-churning
ˈɡʌtˌtʃɜːnɪŋ
inburning
ɪnˈbɜːnɪŋ
interest-earning
ˈɪntrəstˌɜːnɪŋ
kerning
ˈkɜːnɪŋ
learning
ˈlɜːnɪŋ
nonearning
nɒnˈɜːnɪŋ
oil-burning
ˈɔɪlˌbɜːnɪŋ
sleep-learning
ˈsliːpˌlɜːnɪŋ
slow-burning
ˈsləʊˌbɜːnɪŋ
turning
ˈtɜːnɪŋ
undiscerning
ˌʌndɪˈsɜːnɪŋ
urning
ˈɜːnɪŋ
yearning
ˈjɜːnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROTE LEARNING

rotative
rotatively
rotator
rotator cuff
rotatory
rotavate
Rotavator
rotavirus
Rotblat
rotch
rote
rotenone
ROTFL
rotgrass
rotgut

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROTE LEARNING

beginning
blended learning
book-learning
distance learning
e-learning
early-morning
early warning
early-warning
good morning
governing
health warning
lifelong learning
machine learning
morning
mourning
patterning
seat of learning
storm warning
the top of the morning
warning
yesterday morning

Synonyms and antonyms of rote learning in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rote learning» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROTE LEARNING

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The translations of rote learning from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rote learning» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死记硬背
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aprendizaje de memoria
570 millions of speakers

English

rote learning
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रटना सीखने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التعلم عن ظهر قلب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зубрежки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aprendizagem mecânica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আবৃত্তি শেখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apprentissage par cœur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembelajaran hafalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Auswendiglernen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

暗記学習
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기계적 학습
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rote learning
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

học vẹt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கற்றல் கற்றல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दमवणारा शिकणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ezberci öğrenme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apprendimento meccanico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rote learning
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зубріння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

învățare pe de rost
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μηχανική μάθηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

papegaaiwerk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rote lärande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rote læring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rote learning

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROTE LEARNING»

The term «rote learning» is regularly used and occupies the 83.368 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROTE LEARNING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rote learning

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2 QUOTES WITH «ROTE LEARNING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rote learning.
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Tony Buzan
Many think of memory as rote learning, a linear stuffing of the brain with facts, where understanding is irrelevant. When you teach it properly, with imagination and association, understanding becomes a part of it.
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Sugata Mitra
In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up. Because measuring the results of rote learning is easy, rote prevails. What kids know is just not important in comparison with whether they can think.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROTE LEARNING»

Discover the use of rote learning in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rote learning and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Educational Leadership: Culture and Diversity
Hong Kong students, it is argued, are representative of students in other Confucian-heritage cultures, such as Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and Singapore. The first misconception centres on the contribution that repetition and rote learning ...
Clive Dimmock, Allan Walker, 2005
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Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to ...
ACTIVE LEARNING, DISCOVERY LEARNING AND ROTE LEARNING Discovery learning Discovery learning at its simplest occurs when pupils are left to discover things for themselves. This is a common approach taken with younger learners ...
Susan Capel, Marilyn Leask, Tony Turner, 2013
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Pattern in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
Now that the development outlined in previous pages has shown that facts can be learned in another way, through automatization of derived facts, the case for rote learning has to be made on the basis of it being preferable to promoting ...
Anthony Orton, 2005
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Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge: Concept Maps as ...
Current preoccupation with setting test standards for students and teachers probably is moving much school learning increasingly toward rote learning, with negative consequences for acquisition of organized knowledge that can function to ...
Joseph Donald Novak, 2010
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Cognitive Support for Learning: Imagining the Unknown
Imagining the Unknown Piet A. M. Kommers. Rote Learning not Meaningful Learning A study on knowledge change (Novak & Gowin, 1984) shows three key factors which influence the change of knowledge: - Meaningful learning involves the ...
Piet A. M. Kommers, 2004
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The Anthropology of Learning in Childhood
Rote learning and the (nearly) exclusive use of languages that children do not understand well are early and persistent features of schooling throughout the nonWestern, nonindustrialized world (Lancy 2008, 313–23). Many scholars have  ...
David F. Lancy, John C. Bock, Suzanne Gaskins, 2010
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Artificial Intelligence with Common Lisp: Fundamentals of ...
However, this chapter begins with the simplest types of supervised learning — rote learning and parameter learning — which emphasize facts more than concepts. The word "supervised" indicates that some type of preparation has been done ...
James L. Noyes, 1992
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Perspectives on Learning and Memory
English and English (1958), for example, define rote learning as a process of memorizing that requires no understanding but merely the reproduction of words in the exact form in which they are presented. Interestingly enough, they add that  ...
L.-G. Nilsson, T. Archer, 2014
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Designing the Learning-centred School: A Cross-cultural ...
The first misconception centres on the contribution that repetition and rote learning make to memorization and understanding. All agree that Chinese and Asian students in general have a tendency to rote learn. Western interpretation of rote ...
Clive Dimmock, 2005
10
Mapping Biology Knowledge
ROTE LEARNING Another way to examine meaningful learning is to look at what it is not. Rote learning or memorization is at the opposite end of the spectrum from meaningful learning. Learning by rote typically produces isolated, superficial  ...
K. Fisher, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROTE LEARNING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rote learning is used in the context of the following news items.
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First Year MBBS Student Found Dead at AIIMS Jodhpur, 'Suicide …
However, AIIMS Jodhpur director Sanjeev Mishra said the faculty does not support rote learning. "It cannot be termed as rote learning and our faculty did not ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 15»
2
Make sure your children learn their times table, says academic
The Numeracy Project, as it was called, had some really great elements. Rather than simply rote learning facts, students would also build their understanding of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
3
Primary maths teaching doesn't add up: report
It says todays primary school kids are sometimes being taught multiple strategies to get maths answers without the rote learning of elements such as times tables ... «Waikato Times, Jun 15»
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Don't copy Asia on rote learning, schools told
Asian schools are shunning rote learning, homework and exams to reduce student stress and produce “emotionally intelligent'' workers, a new study has found. «The Australian, May 15»
5
Decline of Canadian students' math skills the fault of 'discovery …
Canadian students' math skills have been on a decade-long decline because rote learning was replaced by discovery-based methods that promoted multiple ... «National Post, May 15»
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The war on rote learning just doesn't add up
That memory is vital for learning is fundamental. Long-term memory is a central and dominant feature of cognition, and all aspects of seeing, hearing, thinking ... «Irish Times, May 15»
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Rote learning should give way to informal learning, says former …
Rote learning should give way to informal learning from peers in the classroom in schools in order to make education meaningful, according to A. Gnanam, ... «The Hindu, May 15»
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Dell helps students give up rote learning
The concept of 'Learning meets Doing' is aimed at challenging today's method of ... While growing up, we had no choice but to learn by hook, crook or rote ... «Campaign India, Mar 15»
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Is rote learning outdated in today's Internet age? Straits Times …
Forum writer Terence Lee sparked a debate this week with his call to weed out traditional methods of learning, specifically rote learning, in junior colleges. «The Straits Times, Feb 15»
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Menace of rote learning
Most of the educational process, in our case, is based on rote learning. Therefore, the SR80 billion education development project should be questioned. «Arab News, Jan 15»

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