Re:Should students profit off my classes?
by forrestthewoods on Friday February 10, 2012 @04:23PM
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Tests that challenge a student's deep understanding of the material rather than rote memorization is of course preferable. No has argued that.
I place zero value in the transcription of notes. The act of writing is a useful tool for memorization and even deeper understanding, but it's just that - a tool. Everyone learns differently. The test is meant to grade one's understanding of the material. How you obtained that understanding isn't relevant.
Yeah, you can make notes yourself and memorise them, and even that will probably teach you more than getting notes from someone else and memorising those. But it doesn't change the fact that it would be better if exams could only be passed by learning and understanding the subject material, not by memorising facts.