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memorization - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun
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noun act of committing something to memory or memorizing .
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In education, this introduced the concept that rote memorization is not as effective a learning tool as problem solving.
Jenifer Fox: Education, What are we Talking About? Jenifer Fox 2010
In education, this introduced the concept that rote memorization is not as effective a learning tool as problem solving.
Jenifer Fox: Education, What are we Talking About? Jenifer Fox 2010
The delightfully pointless nature of the contest, combined with the sweet reward, awakened me to the pleasures of random short-term memorization .
The Next Ten Minutes EdD Andrew Peterson 2010
The delightfully pointless nature of the contest, combined with the sweet reward, awakened me to the pleasures of random short-term memorization .
The Next Ten Minutes EdD Andrew Peterson 2010
The delightfully pointless nature of the contest, combined with the sweet reward, awakened me to the pleasures of random short-term memorization .
The Next Ten Minutes EdD Andrew Peterson 2010
The delightfully pointless nature of the contest, combined with the sweet reward, awakened me to the pleasures of random short-term memorization .
The Next Ten Minutes EdD Andrew Peterson 2010
Implicit in this amazing and enviable capacity for memorization is the understanding the poem, like the folk song or the popular song is a source of pleasure, reflection and intellectual stimulus.
The Reading : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
Using flashcards repeatedly over a few days will also help your long term memorization of facts.
Netvouz - new bookmarks pdboyer 2010
And why use the word memorization rather than remembering?
VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 2 1984
I understand line memorization is hard to do with constant skit changes, but when a performer doesn’t know one line from recollection it seems lazy and uninspired.
Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks Monty Python: Do the shows still hold up? | EW.com 2009
Memorization, or the tendency of large language models (LLMs) to output entire sequences from their training data verbatim, is a key concern for safely deploying language models.
Emergent and Predictable Memorization in Large Language Models — EleutherAI Stella Biderman 2023
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