Rote memorization can barely pass.
When I first started studying in Canadian universities, I always followed China's learning method and copied and recited the concepts in textbooks. But because there are many new words, it often takes me a long time to review them. Unfortunately, although I write dozens of pages of review notes every time, I stay up until 3 am every night and recite the contents of the textbook word for word, but my exam score is only C (just passed). I'm depressed. I can't get good grades even if I work so hard.
Fortunately, after several exams, I found the problem. The examination in foreign universities is not about memory, but about comprehension and application. For example. There are only four situational questions in the midterm of a marketing course. One of the questions describes the current situation of an automobile retail company with serious losses. The title lists various figures of the company's operation and some business practices used by the company in the past. Finally, if you are now the marketing manager of this company, how will you make the market operation of this company return to normal and finally make a profit? This kind of examination questions is basically the main examination questions of marketing courses.
This kind of test questions not only requires students to be very familiar with practical concepts in all aspects of the market, but also requires students to apply them in specific situations. In other words, such a topic examines students' comprehensive ability to learn and solve problems, and it pays more attention to whether students can transform the knowledge in books into the ability to solve practical problems. There are no standard answers to questions, and students don't need to do a lot of reference questions before the exam, let alone back questions and standard answers. Every student can have his own unique solution. As long as the teacher evaluates that this method is feasible in reality, students can get high marks. This way of examination provides students with great creative space. Students don't have to spend time reciting other people's answers. They can concentrate on mastering basic concepts and market principles, give full play to their creativity and come up with various solutions to difficulties.
Understand and use quickly to achieve Excellence.
Compared with domestic exams, I think foreign exams have higher requirements for students. Its difficulty lies in that it is an examination that really examines students' mastery of knowledge. In such an examination, understanding concepts is only the most basic requirement, and the key point is to examine students' practical application ability. Therefore, in the study of foreign universities, students must think. Because if you don't think, you can't thoroughly understand the concept, you can't turn the knowledge in the textbook into your own knowledge, and of course you can't have the good ability to solve specific problems in real work.
As far as my personal feelings are concerned, such an examination mechanism and educational atmosphere give students a lot of creative space. When I observed the foreign learning culture and changed my learning methods, my study became easier. I used to study alone, but now I spend more time discussing opinions or real cases with my professors and classmates. At the same time, I have gradually developed the habit of rigorous thinking. When I have a new idea, I will do market research to verify the feasibility of this idea. Of course, as you expected, with such accumulation, my grades will soon jump to A (excellent).