(Rec.) A small section usually taken in conjunction with a lecture.

a small discussion and review section

An extension of a specific course; a “review” session of sorts. Because some classes are so large, recitations offer a setting with fewer students where students can ask questions and get help from professors or TAs in a more personalized environment. As a result, it is common for most large lecture classes to be supplemented with recitations.

A small discussion class, usually led by a teaching assistant, that clarifies lecture information and offers individualized attention.

The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.

Pre-K An experience in which a child or group of children say aloud text that has been memorized (e.g., songs, poems, chants).

written matter that is recited from memory

a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"

The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.

systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"