Memorizing or Understanding?

If someone asks you that how many teeth a human has, what will you do? Will you count your teeth and say the number or just remember the number and say it? The second option will be much better, less time-consuming, and accurate.

So, is it better to memorize or understand?

Yeah. It's a great question. Let's understand it with an example!

Suppose, there's a quiz is going on in class four of a school. Every student has to answer each question in only 5 seconds! That's a very short time. 

Suppose the teacher asks, how many faces does a cube has, what will you do?

Some of the students will simply imagine a cube and tell the number and some will remember and say the number. Which technique will be faster? Research shows that, on average, the student who remembers the number will be able to answer faster. Sounds peculiar, right? 😒

Now, suppose there is the same scenario. But, the students are not in class four, they are in class twelve, who are not in culture with geometry. What will be the case here? Some of the students will imagine a cube and some will try to remember it. In this case, the situation will be a lot different. The students, who will imagine a cube and say the number, will be much faster than the other ones. ☑

You know there are a lot of subjects- Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics, Geography, History. Even each of the subjects has different areas. Like, math has algebra, geometry, arithmetic. I'm just talking about Geometry! 🎓

Alright, here's another situation. Why Uranus is green in color? Let's find out! Whoever you are, a first-grade student or a twelfth-grade student, you have to remember to answer this question. Otherwise, you can go to Uranus and find out why it is green in color! 😃

So, we've seen three totally different situations. You know that there are a lot of subjects and areas. Now, I'm giving you a task! Find out, should you memorize or should you understand?

Happy solving! 💡