Rote memorization is an inefficient way to learn.

在学习上，死记硬背是一种低效的方法。

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The one mandatory speech class became an exercise in rote memorization.

唯一的一次强制演讲也成了机械背诵练习。

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Teaching remains mostly didactic and lecture based, emphasizing rote memorization of facts.

教学仍旧以学究式的和讲课式的教学为基础，注重事实的死记硬背。

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Paideia The Greek word paideia, which is right there on your handout, means education, but it also means more than simply rote learning or memorization or learning to read, like we think.

希腊词，讲义上有，意思是教育，但不仅如此,它不仅仅指我们想的那种，死记硬背式的教育。

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China's B-schools stress rote memorization rather than the flexible problem-solving skills required by real-life managers.

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Even when I did have to do some rote memorization vis a vis flash cards, I found the process of making my own flash cards helped me remember the info more than just going through them.

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