the record of memorization is 1000 new words in one hour
So much depends what you mean by memorising, doesn't it? - and how you test it - what criteria you use...
What are you really testing when you test it?
How much of any results indicate an ability to use the items memorised in a constructive, interactive way?
How much of the results simply measure the skill of the student at taking tests?
And - the the most important question - what do they do with these words when they have memorised them?
I remember once working through a 'programmed learning' text on some electrical principle or other, I got all the way through it in a short time and scored full marks on the tests - and I still have not even the smallest understanding of what it's really about! :-)
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