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CHICAGO -- A new study offers older adults a simple way to combat memory loss: memorization. Researchers found that seniors who engaged in an intensive period of rote learning followed by an equally ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The bards of Ancient Greece used rote memorization to recall epic poems of thousands of lines in length. What makes the modern literature professors who resent memorization think that they know better ...

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 ...

A new study by UC Irvine neurobiology professor Michael Yassa indicates that repetition may have negative effects on memorization, at least when it comes to remembering details. A new study by UC ...

Here’s a hypothesis: Perhaps one factor in Volodymyr Zelensky’s skill as a wartime political leader is his training as an actor, which developed his ability to rally followers, evoke empathy, and ...

A new study offers older adults a simple way to combat memory loss: memorization. Researchers found that seniors who engaged in an intensive period of rote learning followed by an equally long rest ...