Pupils begin to prepare for these tests in elementary school, therefore, teachers focus their lessons on finding the right solution, memorization and learning important knowledge by heart (Abe, Trelfa, Crystal & Kato, 1998, p. 368; Kim, 2005).
Therefore, before the reform, content-based science curricula focused largely on memorization and regurgitation of scientific knowledge before the reform.
ICT has the power to trigger a shift from knowledge acquisition, which limits learning to rote memorization and parroting back facts, to knowledge creation, which involves "learning how to learn".
Parsing sentences will help reinforce your memorization and will highlight gaps in your knowledge.
An excerpt of a plan for a specific course is shown in Table 2. (K) = Knowledge, (S) Skill, (A) Attitude As noted, a key tenet of competency-based education is moving away from rote memorization or knowledge acquisition to the application of knowledge and skills.
So examinations would test for basic economic policy (and knowledge of international relations), but they would also cover knowledge of the Confucian classics, testing for memorization as well as interpretation.
For example, we posit that learning the names of plants is not simply memorization; rather, the knowledge and skills gained through this process can promote inquiry into community structure and function and foster an intimacy between a student and nature.
Analytic intelligence -- what the SAT measures -- lends itself to memorization and analyzing information; people express creative intelligence by applying knowledge in a novel way; practical intelligence reveals itself in everyday situations.
However, many studies have indicated that Thai science teachers place too much emphasis on memorization and assessment-driven learning with a focus on fragmented knowledge, rather than scientific inquiry and core concepts (Atagi, 2002; Ketsing and Roadrangka 2010).
