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Definition of Overlearning
1. overlearn [v] - See also: overlearn
Medical Definition of Overlearning
1. Learning in which practice proceeds beyond the point where the act can just be performed with the required degree of excellence. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlearning
Literary usage of Overlearning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1990)
"overlearning overlearning is the key to remembering. ... The power of overlearning
was demonstrated by psychologists Paul Foos and Cherie Clark (1984) in a ..."
2. The Psychology of Arithmetic by Edward Lee Thorndike (1922)
"Excess practice on, and overlearning of, certain bonds is thus very often justifiable.
The third case concerns bonds whose importance for practical uses in ..."
3. How to Teach by George Drayton Strayer, Naomi Norsworthy (1917)
"(2) overlearning seems a necessary correlate of permanence of connection. ...
How far overlearning is necessary and when it becomes wasteful are ..."
4. The Work of the Teacher by Sheldon Emmor Davis (1921)
"The waste of overlearning. The waste of overlearning is less serious, perhaps,
though it concerns a different group of pupils, and may be responsible for ..."
5. Educational Psychology by Edward Lee Thorndike (1921)
"Except when there has been overlearning beyond that required to bring it to the
physiological limit, it is always subject to the law of disuse during rest. ..."
6. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1921)
"In the second place, how much should we exceed the social requirement in order
to insure through "overlearning" that the pupil will meet the social demand ..."
7. The Psychology of Childhood by Naomi Norsworthy, Mary Theodora Whitley (1918)
"... even encourage overlearning in the early stages if they wish to avoid the
discouragement of the plateaus later. ..."
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