It is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than to simply learn a bunch of facts. Explain.
I am in complete agreement with the idea that it is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than to simply learn a bunch of facts. There are several reasons why I hold this opinion.
First of all, rote learning or remembering facts is no skill at all! In fact, in today's technologically advanced world, every fact is just one click away. You can simple get on the web in case you forget something. But you can't find originality on the internet, and that is where an accurate understanding of ideas and concepts comes in. If one wishes to find any actual use of this raw data, they need to have crystal clear concepts, which would help find real world applications of these facts. While cynics may think that learning facts helps you pass exams, the rapidly evolving educational curriculum would suggest otherwise. Students are no longer tested on their ability to memorise, but instead on their critical thinking skills and logical abilities. This also explains the rise of open-book tests, which have become very commonplace since the world switched to online classes.
Secondly, developing strong concepts and ideas is what gives rise to new inventions, or leads to the improvement of existing objects and ideas. Perhaps the most appropriate example would be from the software development sector. A quick internet search would give you all the facts you need, but this won't be of any use while tackling a malfunctioning bug in your code. What you would need is a clarity of concepts and a thorough understanding of the software. This is what helps in fixing errors, and developing everything from video games to diet control apps. Thus, ideas and thoughts encourage growth and development.
Thirdly, understanding concepts is what helps a student differentiate between their actual likes and dislikes. If you are simply memorising your textbooks, how would you ever know if you prefer maths or chemistry or history? Each subject becomes something to cram and put away, instead of an investment of time and resources. To enable a student to take active and informed decisions, it is imperative that they have an understanding of the ideas and concepts behind the topics they encounter in their curriculum.
In conclusion, I'd say that an understanding of ideas and facts is much more important than remembering facts, since it broadens the students' minds, helps them find real world applications of what they are studying, and can even be the stepping stone towards new inventions.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, may, second, secondly, so, third, thirdly, thus, while, in conclusion, in fact, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 15.1003584229 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 9.8082437276 122% => OK
Conjunction : 24.0 13.8261648746 174% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.0286738351 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 37.0 43.0788530466 86% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 52.1666666667 92% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.0752688172 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2101.0 1977.66487455 106% => OK
No of words: 416.0 407.700716846 102% => OK
Chars per words: 5.05048076923 4.8611393121 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51620172871 4.48103885553 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80580543651 2.67179642975 105% => OK
Unique words: 231.0 212.727598566 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.555288461538 0.524837075471 106% => OK
syllable_count: 633.6 618.680645161 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 9.59856630824 63% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.51792114695 114% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.86738351254 375% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.94265232975 121% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.6003584229 97% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.1344086022 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.9861970355 48.9658058833 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.05 100.406767564 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8 20.6045352989 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.7 5.45110844103 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.5376344086 36% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 11.8709677419 84% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.85842293907 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.88709677419 143% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.329997190656 0.236089414692 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0910032319241 0.076458572812 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.138069400945 0.0737576698707 187% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.221332110294 0.150856017488 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.153659059211 0.0645574589148 238% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 11.7677419355 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 58.1214874552 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 10.1575268817 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.01 10.9000537634 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.5 8.01818996416 106% => OK
difficult_words: 102.0 86.8835125448 117% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.002688172 80% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.0537634409 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.247311828 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.