The education system is continuously evolving with time. While rote learning was the primary tool to gauge the competency of students in earlier times, the ability to understand novel concepts, is more useful. I therefore, agree with the statement that understanding concepts is more important than the mere memorization of facts
Firstly, memorizing facts is an estimate of an individual's skill at retaining information. It is not indicative of someone's intelligence and their ability to comprehend concepts. if a student is adept at memorizing facts but does not know how to use that information and understand its complexity, the information remains insignificant. a student who studies conceptually and understands the context behind the subject has more chance at excelling in life than one who learns facts but does not know how to correlate the information and use it in daily life
Secondly, committing factual information to memory can be a daunting task for students. some people with an innate ability to remember facts will have an unfair advantage over those who have difficulty memorizing details. This can psychologically affect the students who have an understanding of the concepts but cannot replicate the information during exams. There is a plethora of evidence linking the reason behind students committing suicide to the stress of memorizing textbooks for exams.
Lastly, the examination protocols have changed drastically over the years. due to the easy accessibility of information via the internet, the focus has shifted from memorization to utilization of knowledge. a lot of universities conduct open books assessments to assess students on the use of concepts and its application to solve problems. For instance, TOEFL's listening section, assesses the ability of students to understand the concepts and the underlying ideas in the audio to answer the questions rather than learning the facts and writing them down word to word.
To conclude, comprehension of concepts and using them to correlate information is more beneficial and useful than to learn facts without any understanding of it.
The education system is
continuously
evolving with time. While rote learning was the primary tool to gauge the competency of
students
in earlier times, the
ability
to
understand
novel
concepts
, is more useful. I
therefore
,
agree
with the statement that understanding
concepts
is more
important
than the mere memorization of
facts
Firstly
, memorizing facts is an estimate of an individual's
skill
at retaining
information
. It is not indicative of someone's intelligence and their
ability
to comprehend
concepts
.
if
a
student
is adept at memorizing facts
but
does not know how to
use
that
information
and
understand
its complexity, the
information
remains insignificant.
a
student
who
studies
conceptually
and
understands
the context behind the subject has more chance at excelling in life than one
who
learns facts
but
does not know how to correlate the
information
and
use
it in daily
life
Secondly
, committing factual
information
to memory can be a daunting task for
students
.
some
people
with an innate
ability
to remember facts will have an unfair advantage over those
who
have difficulty memorizing
details
. This can
psychologically
affect the
students
who
have an understanding of the
concepts
but
cannot replicate the
information
during exams. There is a plethora of evidence linking the reason behind
students
committing suicide to the
stress
of memorizing textbooks for exams.
Lastly
, the examination protocols have
changed
drastically
over the years.
due
to the easy accessibility of
information
via the internet, the focus has shifted from memorization to utilization of knowledge.
a
lot of universities conduct open books assessments to assess
students
on the
use
of
concepts
and its application to solve problems.
For instance
, TOEFL's listening section, assesses the
ability
of
students
to
understand
the
concepts
and the underlying
ideas
in the audio to answer the questions
rather
than learning the facts and writing them down word to word.
To conclude
, comprehension of
concepts
and using them to correlate
information
is more beneficial and useful than to learn facts without any understanding of it.