Memory and method: In praise of learning by rote
Memory and method: In praise of learning by rote Pupils across much of the UK are in the last week of revision for GCSEs, but is learning off by heart still a practised and valued skill, asks Neil Hallows. The Dickens character Thomas Gradgrind ensured his pupils had "imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim".learningmemorypoetrylink