When I went to college, I absolutely resented how I was forced to get my degree through the three R's... Read, Remember and Regurgitate. I want my students to not only read the books and materials that I assign to them, I want them to understand the material and the proceedures. I think that if they understand vs memorize, they will really learn for life not just for the moment. For this reason I do not believe in just assigning reading and then testing. I do not believe this ensures that the student really knows the material. I have them do multiple in-class interactive assigments that show that they ALL get the proceedure not just memorize the steps and then test. I am so proud of them. They are proud of themselves. I love being an instructor!