Tests aren't a measurement of learning, they're a measurement of knowledge which you got from learning. Irregardless of what way you learn, you have to know it and apply it. The value of tests can be overstated but you're looking at it the wrong way.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

They don't measure "learning." They measure WHAT you learned. Not acquires knowledge the same way, but everyone should be able to demonstrate that knowledge the same way. Like if you have a math test and you can't solve a problem, that doesn't mean you "learned it differently." It means you didn't learn it period. For example, in my music theory class two years ago, I learned by just doing the sample part-writing exercises over and over again until it made sense. My best friend could just hear the teacher say it once and he got it. My roommate skipped class all the time because reading the book was all it took for her. But at the end of the day, all of us knew the same material, and all of us took the same tests. And the teacher didn't care that my friend didn't do as much homework as me, or that my roommate never showed up. He didn't care that we all learned differently. We all got A's on the tests because we all knew how to apply what we learned.

by Anonymous 14 years ago