Yes, Jolly, we are all very relieved when people who need to know it can recall exact information at the right time :) I agree that the higher order thinking skills are developed differently and my sense is that while we might still have a need to include rote learning for some aspects of a course or a program, increasing the thinking skills of our students is central to their ongoing learning and their ability to make sense of what they know quickly and in different contexts of use.
