Subj : memorize vs open book tests?
To   : Ron Wiesen
From : Roy Witt
Date : Thu Nov 16 2000 09:01 am

Hello Ron.

15 Nov 00 20:05, you wrote to me:

 RW> To merely memorize an answer to a question has little worth.  To
 RW> understand a topic so that the answer to ANY question can be obtained
 RW> has a lot of worth.

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.




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