memory-based learning

noun
UK /ˈmɛməri beɪst ˈlɜːnɪŋ/
US /ˈmɛməri beɪst ˈlɜːrnɪŋ/

Learning by remembering things you have seen or done before.

Memory-based learning helps you recall spelling words you practiced last week.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A machine learning method that stores examples and compares new cases to them.

The chatbot used memory-based learning to match your question with similar past questions.

3. Studying by repeating facts until you can remember them without help.

She passed the history quiz through memory-based learning of dates and names.

4. A teaching approach that builds on what students already remember.

The teacher used memory-based learning by linking new words to ones the class already knew.