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An erudite reader, former Foreign Service officer Jack Aubert of Falls Church, Virginia, objected to a prominent feature of modern education. “Rote memorization is very useful, and it was a mistake to ...

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Choosing the right college major can feel daunting for anyone, but for students who struggle with memory retention, the decision comes with extra challenges. Fields that demand heavy rote memorization ...

A RECENT PIECE in Newsweek prompts an editor to reflect on that subversive phrase “rote memorization.” Reporter Paul Mooney uses the term–correctly, for once–in his story on the revival of Confucian ...

Rote memorization is not a relic—it is fundamental to our capacity for deep analysis. Historical studies, such as Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, reveal that the retention of ...

My dad was a good story teller. Unfortunately, as he grew nearer to the end of his life, he told the same stories over and over. But one of his stories always tickled me. Dad told of a time when he ...

In today’s educational and leadership arenas, a dangerous narrative has emerged: Self-styled “enlightened” educators disparage rote memorization as obsolete, championing critical thinking alone. Yet ...