/ W7 X# a+ g7 o! 6 _' a. H2 x. `Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
It is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than it is for them to learn facts.
Learning by understanding and learning by memorizing are two basic ways of learning. During the process of study, both of them are quite important. Yet, I agree that understanding the ideas and concepts is even more important for the following reasons.
Firstly, one can learn the facts more efficiently through understanding ideas and concepts behind the fact(在事实之后?). This is obvious when it come to science such as physics and mathematics. There are tons of theorems and formulas in the realm of science and most of them are so tedious and hard to remember. Things become much more easier(这个错误太不应该了) when we know how they(指代不明,是前半句的things吗?应该是定理什么的吧?)come from.
Secondly, understanding ideas and concepts is a kind of positive and creative learning. Newtons(没有s吧?) said that his success comes(came) from the great physician on whose shoulders he was standing on. However, if Newton knew only about what the precursors had done, he could be no more than an excellent scholar. In another words, Newton's success came from his understand of the law of motion. That illustrates why understanding is so important. That's because it is by understanding we think by ourself(ourselves). That's how we gain creativity. ( \2 H3 Z" @- l; {3 e
Thirdly, facts are available on the internet or in the library whenever we need them, but understanding is gain through a long process. Some professor on campus may allow students to take cheat sheet in the exam. One of the main reason for that because in our real life, when we want to know something, we can always look it up. That's why facts become less important.
All in all, facts are the basic element of knowledge, but only through understanding the ideas and concepts can we truly obtain those knowledge. |