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It's definitely "learned" in a very specific context. For example, I learned all US states and their capitals for a Pub Quiz. That means cards with state/capita
by Narretz 7y ago
It's definitely "learned" in a very specific context. For example, I learned all US states and their capitals for a Pub Quiz. That means cards with state/capital. Then at some point there was a quiz question called "Which state capital is the last if sorted alphabetically?" And I couldn't answer it because it didn't fit my learning pattern.
- 1123581321 7y agoI thought your comment was interesting so I posed this question to my children (10 and 12.) It took them about 15 minutes to answer. Assuming an adult might be twice as fast, that’s still a long time to answer a written quiz. So, fair point. However, they had an easier time answering other questions about extreme state capitals that had more to do with geography, so I don’t think rote memory methods should be entirely faulted.