People are often contemptuous of rote learning.
The overhauled SAT exam, which puts a heavier emphasis on reading comprehension and tests students on their real-world applications, may affect the performance of Chinese students, who have traditionally excelled in the math part of the test and relied heavily on rote memorization.
:, III Novel and adaptive thinkingProficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or rule-based.
Don't learn it by rote.
Don't learn it by rote.