Cramming down
more rote learning won't help much because it is soon forgotten as it is not connected to anything of interest to the student, other than passing exams to get some academic position or good salary.
It takes a clarity of vision that sustains one's courage to stick with it when feeling the heat from parents, central administration, and others to prepare students for Advanced Placement and other standardized exams, for «the realities of college,» which typically means
more rote learning and memorization of innumerable facts.
Otherwise, it could turn into just another menu or tic - tac - toe board where students choose what they'd like to do each evening to show mastery, which can sometimes result in
more rote learning.
Not exact matches
When I try to help my grandkids with their homework I try to make it as plain as possible — unless I want them to engage their brains and think, and I'm
more interested in them
learning to think than in
learning «correct» answers by
rote.
Learning by
rote is no
more useful in Bible study than in other fields, and it is often the Bible's anomalous, even contradictory texts that lead us to deeper thought and strong faith.
She considers recourse to the Hail Mary to be little
more than prayer on autopilot, the
rote droning of words
learned and memorized as children.
When it comes to
rote memorization and mindless droning, is there any set of formulas that
more deserved such a treatment than the terminology we
learned while studying poetry?
If it isn't longer school days, shorter hols,
rote learning, over loaded curriculum etc, etc it's now trying to make us all use school dinners because the Tories can't be arsed to put
more money into it.
He added: «Repeating phrases in
rote -
learned fashion does not work any
more.
Most of us
learn best when we do things;
rote memorization is an inferior approach, though in many instances it's the only approach that's feasible;
more on this later.
More emphasis on problem - solving, less on
rote learning, the argument went, would decrease the likelihood that students will be taken in by questions like the following: «There are 26 sheep and 10 goats on a ship.
In the digital age we live in, going back to
learning times tables by
rote seems like an archaic form of
learning, which is likely to be difficult for the already stretched teaching profession, so coming up with enjoyable paths of
learning for both the educator and the student is
more than likely the best option.
There is emerging consensus that the 20th - century approach to education, which favors methods such as lectures and
rote learning, is standing in the way of making school relevant to
more students.
When Bishop examined the effects of high - school exit exams, one traditional form of external accountability, on intrinsic motivation by comparing whether students subjected to this approach engaged in less reading for pleasure or were
more likely to associate
learning with
rote memorization, he found no evidence that accountability undermined natural curiosity and even found some evidence of the opposite.
In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on
rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic
learning, not just for students but,
more importantly perhaps, for the adults.
At its higher levels, the taxonomy «moves you
more toward project - based
learning that requires synthesis and problem - solving, as opposed to
rote recitation, where you told me the answer, I memorized it and I recited it back to you,» said Santa Ana Unified School District Superintendent Rick Miller.
Torlakson's message was
more «stay the course,» a path that has shown increased funding for schools and new ways to teach and test students under the Common Core standards, which emphasize critical thinking over
rote learning.
The concept, if not the name, first came into use
more than 100 years ago, when education reformers challenged the
rote memorization style of
learning then standard in most public schools.
Not only would the standards be much
more difficult than those in place in many states, they would move away from
rote memorization toward inquiry - based
learning.
Organized by the
Learning Policy Institute (LPI), «Walking the Talk: Teacher Preparation for Deeper Learning» highlighted findings from a national study of seven teacher preparation programs that are organized in ways that align with deeper learning approaches — meaning less emphasis on rote learning and more on experiential, innovative, collaborative, and equity - focused p
Learning Policy Institute (LPI), «Walking the Talk: Teacher Preparation for Deeper
Learning» highlighted findings from a national study of seven teacher preparation programs that are organized in ways that align with deeper learning approaches — meaning less emphasis on rote learning and more on experiential, innovative, collaborative, and equity - focused p
Learning» highlighted findings from a national study of seven teacher preparation programs that are organized in ways that align with deeper
learning approaches — meaning less emphasis on rote learning and more on experiential, innovative, collaborative, and equity - focused p
learning approaches — meaning less emphasis on
rote learning and more on experiential, innovative, collaborative, and equity - focused p
learning and
more on experiential, innovative, collaborative, and equity - focused pedagogy.
The scrapping of national tests in science has also led to
more enjoyable lessons - and less
learning by
rote.
We are campaigning on high stakes testing, so that pupils
learn less by
rote, and
more by considering problems and challenges in real life situations — where they are required, also, to develop the skills that employers are crying out for — speaking and listening well; collaborating with each other well; using IT.
Learning by
rote was the norm in my education, but now I believe most educators understand that critical thinking is much
more important.
While most educators agree that sticking a layer of gamification to boring, poorly - designed curricula that emphasize
rote learning is ill - advised, it is an easy trap to fall into as it does provide a convenient way to make classroom
learning more motivating.
This research is particularly timely, as k - 12 education shifts from an emphasis on
rote learning and standardization toward
more experiential
learning that emphasizes the acquisition of deep content knowledge and 21st century skills.
Mike McDonagh, Business Director, Hays Ireland comments: «Certainly in Ireland, it's accepted that too much of our education system is focused on
rote learning, when focusing on the ability to
learn anything would surely produce
more sustainable, flexible and rounded individuals who can then go on and
learn whatever skills their marketplace requires as the economic world evolves.»
Soft skills can't be
learned by
rote, and involve emotional intelligence and empathy, which often makes them
more complicated to impart on a student.