No "Burp Back" Education

I remember as a student trying to memorize information to just be able to pass a test. My teachers would force all this information "down my throat" as one might say. I would pass the test, but ask me a month later and I couldn't remember anything...most of the time. And that is what "Burp Back" education is all about. I want my students to learn. Not to just pass a test, but to hold the information in their long term memory bank. I want to give my students the chance to become interested in what is being taught and I will give them more "hands-on" learning time. A lot of people learn better by doing things over and over again. And once they get used to it, they will always remember it. The same idea holds true for school-aged children. As they do things continuously, they learn. And they will learn because they are interested in the activity, they are engaged, and they are applying information that's being taught from my lessons, which will help them keep what's being taught in their long term memory.