I do also think that exams are often a pretty bad way of checking how well a concept is understood and grades often show how well certain things are memorized instead.
I should probably do some more research before I say anything more about this though as that impression is mostly anecdotal.
That is how exams usually are though for classes like physics, chemistry, and physics where memorization won’t save you with it being solving problems to arrive to the correct solution.
Something like anatomy is pure memorization so being memorization is no issue, since it is just learning names of musicles, nerves, and bones. And when it comes to classes like physiology it builds on knowing what you knew from anatomy, but being tested on how well you can actually explain the mechanisms of what is going on within the body.
I guess it depends on the subject if an exam is just memorization based or not and leaves students knowing nothing.
I do also think that exams are often a pretty bad way of checking how well a concept is understood and grades often show how well certain things are memorized instead.
I should probably do some more research before I say anything more about this though as that impression is mostly anecdotal.
That is how exams usually are though for classes like physics, chemistry, and physics where memorization won’t save you with it being solving problems to arrive to the correct solution.
Something like anatomy is pure memorization so being memorization is no issue, since it is just learning names of musicles, nerves, and bones. And when it comes to classes like physiology it builds on knowing what you knew from anatomy, but being tested on how well you can actually explain the mechanisms of what is going on within the body.
I guess it depends on the subject if an exam is just memorization based or not and leaves students knowing nothing.