Four students are storing this fact: "Europeans first settled at St. Augustine,Florida,in 1565." Based on the following information,which student is probably going to have the most difficult time retrieving the information from long-term memory a few days later?
A)Alexander repeats the fact to himself 10 times in a row.
B)Blondie once visited the fortress there and recalls that it was several hundred years old.
C)Cookie realizes that 1565 was more than four hundred years ago.
D)Dagwood realizes that the Spanish settled in St. Augustine,Florida,before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.

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Alexander is using rote repetition, which is less effective for long-term memory retention compared to the meaningful connections and contextual understanding used by the other students.

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