rote learning• Students are not seen as individuals but as statistics on a conveyorbelt of examinations and rote learning.• Margaret used to be a great one for rote learning.• And is rote learning necessarily in opposition to discovery learning?• Science courses usually have fewer experiments and more rote learning.• Teachingstandards are very poor - lots of rote learning and copyingnotes from the blackboard.• The result is that many have to rely heavily on rote learning and memory, with limited understanding.• Readers who rely heavily on conventionalvisualrote learning may adjust more slowly.
Originrote
(1200-1300) Perhaps from Latinrota ( → ROTATE) or from Old Frenchroute ( → ROUTE1)