Definition of Memorisation

1. Noun. Learning so as to be able to remember verbatim. "The actor's memorization of his lines"

Exact synonyms: Committal To Memory, Memorization
Generic synonyms: Acquisition, Learning
Specialized synonyms: Rote, Rote Learning
Derivative terms: Memorise, Memorize

Definition of Memorisation

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of memorization) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Memorisation

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Literary usage of Memorisation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Literacy Skills for the World of Tomorrow: Further Results from PISA 2000 by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2003)
"Student use of elaboration and memorisation strategies Memorisation strategies (eg, reading material aloud several times and learning key terms) are ..."

2. PISA 2003 Data Analysis Manual: SAS Users by OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) (2005)
"Learning strategies and preferences in mathematics Memorisation/rehearsal learning strategies (MEMOR) The PISA 2003 index of memorisation/rehearsal learning ..."

3. Changing Modes: New Knowledge Production and Its Implications for Higher by Andre Kraak (2000)
"Yet in the best new research it is clear that things cannot be divided up so neatly between memorisation and understanding. This is shown starkly by the ..."

4. Learning for Tomorrow's World: First Results from Pisa 2003 by OECD Staff (2004)
"Where the learner's goal is to be able to retrieve the information as presented, memorisation is an appropriate strategy. But such learning by rote rarely ..."

5. The Study of Literature by O J Stevenson (1904)
"Memorisation 5. Dr. Harris has pointed out the danger of arrested development that may result from too great attention to mechanical memorisation. ..."

6. Learners for Life: Student Approaches to Learning : Results from Pisa 2000 by Cordula Artelt (2003)
"Students in Hungary in particular use memorisation most frequently, ... In interpreting these differences, one should note that memorisation shows a less ..."

7. Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology by Hermann Ebbinghaus (1913)
"Tests Belonging to the Later Period It is sufficiently well known that the memorisation of a series of ideas that is to be reproduced at a later time is ..."

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