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My approach: Zero rote learning/memorization (which doesn't work anyway) coupled with genuine understanding (which actually does).


**Not Answering the Question**

The candidate who simply memorizes lists of definitions, formulae, and examples often rushes blindly into regurgitating his/her memorized (and limited) store of content. He/she does so because he/she is unable to comprehend what the underlying demands of the question and thus wastes time spewing irrelevant rubbish.


The Cambridge Examiner Reports (written by those marking 'A' Level Economics exams) make these criticisms of candidates:

• *rehearsed answer[s] which...[do] not address the question as set*;

• *tended to concentrate on ‘textbook’ explanations...without applying relevant...concepts to the question set*;

• *tendency to attempt to apply the formula mechanically to the data with no evidence of understanding*


**Critical Thinking**

Consequently I endeavor to teach my students to genuinely understand the material and think critically for themselves.

Do not simply accept anything as the truth just because I or their teachers or anyone else said so. Make sure the assertions and arguments make sense to you. Grasp their flaws. Recreate the arguments from first principles.