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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. 1- “A Test of Rote Memory,” ...