Do exams take away crucial knowledge needed....

[sanantone]

I understand what you mean. I never said that it measures learning. There are just many cases in life where you have to be able to follow directions. I'm the opposite of you. I'd rather not deal with paper writing and formatting. People have different learning styles. I am a visual-verbal learner (Colorado Tech made us take an assessment). I learn by reading. When I have to recall information, I visualize the text. Some people visualize pictures. I'm just better at remembering words. That's why my verbal scores on tests have always been much higher than my quantitative scores. I'm not bad at math; I'm just slightly above average. Math and the physical sciences require remembering methods for calculation and concepts. Physics also requires spatial intelligence...another area I don't excel in. The biological sciences come easier to me because they can be done with rote memorization. I also like studying living things. Math and the physical sciences can be so inanimate.