As a high-school math teacher who once worked at Kumon, I must say that Margaret Wente's glowing account of Kumon (column -- Aug. 14) is not compatible with my experience as a tutor there.

Education is evolving from rote memorization to experiential learning, fostering critical thinking, creativity, and real-world understanding beyond traditional classroom boundaries.

Rote learning is “strongly discouraged” in programs that train teachers in Canada. For example, it is no longer a standard practice to have children memorize multiplication tables.

Rote learning is simply learning through repetition. It’s fast, familiar, and for decades, it has worked well in Singapore’s exam-driven system. As Glenn explains: ...

The persistence of rote learning, rigid curricula, and one-size-fits-all teaching methods stands in stark contrast to the dynamic, personalised approaches being adopted in fields like healthcare ...

Teaching children maths by making them learn times tables by rote could worsen exam results because they risk failing to properly understand the subject, according to an Oxford University study.

A B.C. parent has started a petition against new maths learning methods being adopted in the province's revamped curricula for students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Education Not ‘rote’ learning but focus on two principles that produces skilled, creative Chinese students Research shows that common perceptions of Chinese and other Asian learners are wrong ...

Our classrooms are still full of the drilling and “rote learning” described in the 1854 novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens, where Mr Gradgrind wants the “little pitchers” to be “filled ...