Sometimes it’s good to learn things by rote, too, as long as you understand it later. For example, while I was reading the Intuitive guide to Bayesian Reasoning, I sometimes wished that there was something that I could memorize, instead of having to understand the concept, and then fiqure out how to apply it, and then understand what the answer meant.
I agree, although I sense there’s some disagreement on the meaning of “learning by rote”.
Learning by rote can be tactical move in a larger strategy. In introductory rhetoric, I wasn’t retaining much from the lectures until I sat down to memorize the lists of tropes and figures of speech. After that, every time the lectures mentioned a trope or other, even just in passing, the whole lesson stuck better.
Rote memorization prepares an array of “hooks” for lessons to attach to.
Sometimes it’s good to learn things by rote, too, as long as you understand it later. For example, while I was reading the Intuitive guide to Bayesian Reasoning, I sometimes wished that there was something that I could memorize, instead of having to understand the concept, and then fiqure out how to apply it, and then understand what the answer meant.
I agree, although I sense there’s some disagreement on the meaning of “learning by rote”.
Learning by rote can be tactical move in a larger strategy. In introductory rhetoric, I wasn’t retaining much from the lectures until I sat down to memorize the lists of tropes and figures of speech. After that, every time the lectures mentioned a trope or other, even just in passing, the whole lesson stuck better.
Rote memorization prepares an array of “hooks” for lessons to attach to.