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roteness

roteness noun: synonym of rote.

Noun

roteness (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of rote.
    • […] the psychologically numbing effect of rotely mechanical exercises. The entire Teply system creates a mechanical attitude toward library materials, from the functional descriptiveness of the text to the roteness of the exercises. Students quickly slip into an "automatic pilot" pattern in...1987, Association of American Law Schools, “Newsletter”, in Section Newsletters
    • More recently, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA, 1993) recommended that the most appropriate approach to teaching is a constructivist approach. The NSTA addressed the problem of the lack of meaningful learning in this statement: "the typical U.S. science program discourages real...1998, Karen Ann Williams, An Investigation of Meaningful Understanding and Effectiveness of the Implementation of Piagetian and Ausubelian Theories in Physics Instruction. Doctoral dissertation....
    Synonyms:
    rote

Examples of roteness in a sentence

  • The entire Teply system creates a mechanical attitude toward library materials, from the functional descriptiveness of the text to the roteness of the exercises.1987, Association of American Law Schools, “Newsletter”, in Section Newsletters:
  • They further state that this roteness of learning deters many students from continuing to study the sciences.1998, Karen Ann Williams, An Investigation of Meaningful Understanding and Effectiveness of the Implementation of Piagetian and Ausubelian...
  • The disciplinary context in which Assimilation Theory developed confronted controversies around the notion of roteness in education.2007, Allan M. Konrad, On Inquiry: Human Concept Formation and Construction of Meaning through Library and Information Science...

Synonyms of roteness

Origin of roteness

From rote + -ness.

Questions about roteness

What does roteness mean?
Roteness means synonym of rote.
How do you use roteness in a sentence?
The entire Teply system creates a mechanical attitude toward library materials, from the functional descriptiveness of the text to the roteness of the exercises.
What part of speech is roteness?
Roteness is a noun.

Words near roteness in the dictionary

  1. rotely
  2. Rotenberg
  3. Rotenbergs
  4. Rotenberry
  5. Rotenberrys
  6. roteness
  7. rotenoid
  8. rotenoids
  9. rotenolone
  10. rotenone
  11. rotenones

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