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View definitions for rote

rote

noun as in learning

noun as in memorization

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The stories of discovery are so rote, though, that we forget that they took incredibly hard work.

Using their skill with visual processing, ASDs can learn by rote how to negotiate the neuro-typical world.

So let me just add that true Tiger Cubs aren't satisfied with rote learning.

The shift is most evident in our schools, where critical thinking has replaced rote learning as the central goal of education.

In the workshop or lab, results are determined by experimentation and creativity, not rote learning.

When, however, you learn by rote you know the task as you learned it, and not in the reverse way.

Another way of learning such a series by rote, is to limit the extent of the repetitions.

Learning a series of words by heart by thinking of the Relations between them is wholly unlike learning it by rote.

The opposite of these two methods of rote learning is my method, which injects an active process between each pair of words.

This Series is usually learned by endless repetition, as a succession of sounds to the ear, or sight to the eye, by mere rote.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rote, such as: memorization, repetition, and routine.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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