Word: rote
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Walker is the author of a study published this week in Nature, which argues that rote memorization occurs most efficiently when there is a gap between the initial attempt to learn and sleep...
...Oftentimes there’s this terrible stigma that says that Christianity is boring and rote and stoic, and that is so not the case,”she, says. So far, all 40,000 copies in the original press run have sold out and 120,000 more are on the way. That’s Good News for everyone...
Forced memorization and rote learning are too common and should be less important in the classroom, according to Green...
...cuts wherein an actor appears in a succession of slightly askew angles. ... Actors play multiple roles, some characters seem blessed with precognition while others get marooned in alternate universes. ... Lines are delivered in unison, there are awkwardly failed attempts at overlapping dialogue, some actors appear to be reciting by rote or reading cue cards.... Left stranded in scenes that are grossly overextended, his performers strike fantastic poses, stare affectingly into space, or gaze casually off-camera. - Hoberman, "Bad Movies...
...current SAT I test, he said, the analogies require test-takers to have more than just rote memorization of vocabulary, which would put non-native English speakers at a significant disadvantage...