You're talking about discovery education [0]. Understandably it is applications of a bunch of memorised formulas or methods but this also occurs in specialist r

You're talking about discovery education [0]. Understandably it is applications of a bunch of memorised formulas or methods but this also occurs in specialist roles in the industry (statistics, science, stock analysts and more). For example applying web language to a need although not as pure a solution as mathematics. [0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Discovery_learning https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Discovery_lea...