Subj : memorize vs open book tests?
To : Bob Nocero
From : Roy Witt
Date : Sun Nov 19 2000 08:27 am
Hello Bob.
18 Nov 00 15:01, you wrote to me:
>> OTH, memorizing the answer to a question has more worth than not
>> knowing the answer at all. Even in the long run, the memorizing of
>> anything pays off with not having to look it up at some later date.
>> That's why the teacher made you memorize the 'times' table when you
>> were learning to multiply.
BN> By memorizing the answer, you may get it correct on the test, but to
BN> understand WHY that is the correct answer has more merit.
'Round and 'round we go. By memorizing the answer, one will know the
answer to it on the test and one will know the answer to that question
if and when it ever comes up again. Knowing and memorizing the answer to
a question, automatically gives one an insight into HOW the answer is
applied to that question. Knowing the question and how the answer is
applied gives one an insight as to WHY that is the right answer and can
be studied further, at a later date.
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