NZ's draft science curriculum favours rote learning over critical thinking theconversation.com 5 points by billybuckwheat 6 hours ago
ggm 6 hours ago Not to go overboard, some rote is good. Reinforced facts can be used to develop more complex ideas. Sure, learning how to think and manage abstraction/synthesis is more important but it's not like fact recall is useless: it's how you apply it.
Not to go overboard, some rote is good. Reinforced facts can be used to develop more complex ideas. Sure, learning how to think and manage abstraction/synthesis is more important but it's not like fact recall is useless: it's how you apply it.