But the skill of memorization is an art that dates back to Greek and Roman orators, who largely pioneered the training techniques used by memory champions today.
In the process, they de-emphasized such basic computational skills as memorization of multiplication tables.
Unsupported problems were categorized in memorization problems, problems using figures, history problems, and essay style problems.
Caregiving is not a lesson in memorization.
Unlike chess, a game of skill and prodigious memorization, backgammon depends in large part on skill, but the final outcome is up to the triumph or treachery of the dice.
In Japan, House (2009) found that higher-achieving fourth grade students in the 2007 TIMSS sample reported being asked more frequently to work on problems independently and to explain their answers, although procedural skills such as memorization of procedures and practicing computation were also positively related to achievement in this younger population.
Student perception of the importance of the skills they learned in the class did not vary between course structures (β = −0.09 ± 0.12 SE, p = 0.42) nor did they perceive that the moderate-structure course involved more cognitive skills other than memorization (β = 0.07 ± 0.12 SE, p = 0.58).
Despite standards reform in mathematics and science over the last quarter century, mathematics in particular continues to be taught in isolation with an emphasis on rote skills and memorization (NAE and NRC 2014).
That's not a skill based on memorization.
PISA identified a cumulative or cyclical model of how engagement in reading activities (e.g., enjoyment of reading and diversity of reading materials) and approaches to learning (e.g., summarizing skills and memorization strategies) promotes reading performance at the end of compulsory education (OECD, 2010b, pg. 25).
