Word: rote
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Rivers is troubled by what he perceives as a lack of "real sophisticated stuff going on." At Harvard, he sees a lot of rote recitation but very little serious inquiry, and he hopes this will change. He says he wishes to write and teach after he graduates, and stresses that, despite its problems, he enjoys Harvard, likes many of the people here and sees a lot of potential for growth. He also likes the living arrangements. After all, "I'm eating better now than I have in ten years," he says...
Whatever they play from their repertory of some 50 trios-in a recent appearance at Carnegie Hall, it was Beethoven, Ravel and Schubert-their work reflects years of study, discussion and meticulous rehearsal. Yet it is never reduced to rote. "During a concert, the one who has an inspiration will go with it," says Pressler. "The others will follow, even if they disagree. Then we do not simply replay a piece, we re-create...
...record showed the same patterns with other apes that Terrace had noted in the work with Nim. There were rarely any "spontaneous" utterances, and what had seemed at first glance to be original sentences now emerged as responses to questions, imitations of signs made by the teacher, or as rote-like repetitions of memorized combinations. For instance, when Lana, a chimp at Yerkes, said Pleas machine give apple, the first three words seemed to mean nothing more to her than a mechanical prelude to obtaining something she wanted. Says Terrace in his 1979 book Nim (Knopf; $15): "The closer...
...fact, views are not so much exchanged as imposed. The classroom ambience is strict, and the rote method of learning prevails. A question is asked. Hands are raised aloft by students eager to give the answer...