<P> Rote learning is sometimes disparaged with the derogative terms parrot fashion, regurgitation, cramming, or mugging because one who engages in rote learning may give the wrong impression of having understood what they have written or said . It is strongly discouraged by many new curriculum standards . For example, science and mathematics standards in the United States specifically emphasize the importance of deep understanding over the mere recall of facts, which is seen to be less important, although advocates of traditional education have criticized the new American standards as slighting learning basic facts and elementary arithmetic, and replacing content with process - based skills . </P> <Dl> <Dd> More than ever, school mathematics must include an understanding of how to use technology to arrive meaningfully at solutions to problems instead of endless attention to increasingly outdated computational tedium ." </Dd> <Dd> - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Commonsense Facts to Clear the Air </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> More than ever, school mathematics must include an understanding of how to use technology to arrive meaningfully at solutions to problems instead of endless attention to increasingly outdated computational tedium ." </Dd> <Dd> - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Commonsense Facts to Clear the Air </Dd>

Who developed a teaching method that emphasizes rote learning