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Handa, Yuichi – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2012
In some circles of mathematics education, repetition and rote are somehow conflated in terms of their pedagogical uses and ramifications. In this paper, I argue for the separation of the two, relying upon a framework suggested by Martin Buber's "I-Thou" ontology. In the presentation of Buber's ideas, I highlight the notion of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Intimacy, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics
Gallagher, Kelly – Educational Leadership, 2010
The "elephant in the room" when we talk about preparing critical thinkers for the 21st century, Gallagher believes, is U.S. students' lack of reading proficiency and their general disinclination to read. Gallagher's provocative argument is that a significant factor behind the decline of reading in young people is a set of practices…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Low Achievement
Gill, Richard – Use of English, 1983
Commends the practice of learning poetry by heart. (HOD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Memorization, Poetry, Rote Learning
Robinson, Rita – Momentum, 1988
Explains the difference between rote and experiential/locale learning, their effects on neurons of the brain, and their impact on short- and long-term memory. Draws upon brain research to explore the effects of stress and boredom on learning. Notes programs that employ teaching methods using brain-based theories of learning. (DMM)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Neurology
Alongi, Constance V. – School Administrator, 1984
The two opposing reading instruction philosophies are analyzed and placed in historical perspective. The author shows the importance of clarifying the debate and distinguishing between manifest and actual issues. (MD)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Phonics
DeVries, Arlene R. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2005
Often, bright young people languish in a setting where repetition and rote learning lull them into passivity. When students are not challenged, they fail to understand that true achievement comes with effort. Because of bureaucratic pressure, limited funding, and large class sizes, teachers often find themselves "teaching to the middle" or…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Learning Activities, Gifted, Rote Learning

Cook, Guy – ELT Journal, 1994
Repetition and learning by heart, though condemned by pedagogic and acquisition theorists, are two of the most pleasurable, valuable, and efficient language learning activities. Neglect of intimate discourse has led to neglect of the importance of repetition in first language discourse, which has in turn led to the prohibition of repetition and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Practices, English (Second Language), Language Skills
Jerald, Craig D. – Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2006
Every spring, education-related newspaper and magazine stories raise the alarm that schools are "teaching to the test." Scores of articles and editorials paint a disheartening picture of frustrated teachers forced to abandon good instructional practices for a relentless stream of worksheets based on boring, repetitive test-preparation…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teaching Methods, Testing, Standardized Tests
McKim, Brent – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
The federal journey into public education has followed a long and winding road. Most educators know that the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is simply the latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which dates all the way back to 1965. In the years since its initial passage, the ESEA road has taken a number of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Role of Education, Educational Change
Bancroft, W. Jane – 1981
This paper examines the parallels between suggestopedia and Soviet sleep-learning for learning foreign languages. Both systems are based on the idea that the acquisition of information can occur in states below the optimal level of consciousness. Hypnopedia makes use of the period of paradoxical or light sleep that usually occurs just as one is…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Dialogs (Language), French, German

Whitney, Hassler – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1987
Proposes that although the past 30 years have seen increasing efforts to make mathematics more relevant and useful, schools continue to fail. Argues that forced rote learning is the direct cause of this failure and that improved teaching methods must be developed. Urges that shifts in methodology be phased in gradually. (TW)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Davis, Robert B. – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1993
Attempts to distinguish between the lecture method and the constructivist approach, in general, and by citing classroom scenarios. The author cautions those whose writing seems to unintentionally endorse traditional lecture and drill and practice methods. (MKR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Botzakis, Stergios – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2004
This article argues that, with all of its language about reaching "100% proficiency for all students in twelve years" as an "ambitious, but achievable" goal, the current federal administration seems to be on the side of the children in its No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), but further investigation reveals that many of the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Politics of Education, Accountability