Rote learning, is a learning technique which avoids grasping the inner complexities and inferences of the subject that is being learned and instead focuses on memorizing the material so that it can be recalled by the learner exactly the way it was read or heard.
The major practice involved in rote learning techniques is "learning by repetition", based on the idea that one will understand the meaning of the material the more they repeat it. However, in many fields, especially mathematics, this can often produces poor results.
Rote learning is sometimes attributed the derogative terms "parrot fashion" or "regurgitation" because one who engages in rote learning may give the wrong impression of having understood what they have written or said. However, some material can only be learned in this fashion. For example, when learning the Latin alphabet or the conjugation of foreign irregular verbs, one must simply memorize because there is little or no inner complexity that can be grasped.
