AI in classrooms could replace rote memorization

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The Hechinger Report

STUDENT VOICE: Teachers assign us work that relies on rote memorization, then tell us not to use artificial intelligence

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The Durango Herald

Rote memorization stays with you for life

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 ...
Washington Examiner

The Difference Between Thinking and Knowing

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 ...
Psychology Today

Memory as Power: The Unbreakable Bond Between Knowledge and Influence

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 ...