A Learning Secret: Don't Take Notes with a Laptop - Scientific American - 0 views
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students who write out their notes on paper actually learn more.
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those who wrote out their notes by hand had a stronger conceptual understanding and were more successful in applying and integrating the material than those who used took notes with their laptops.
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taking notes by hand forces the brain to engage in some heavy “mental lifting,” and these efforts foster comprehension and retention. By contrast, when typing students can easily produce a written record of the lecture without processing its meaning
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Because students can use these posted materials to access lecture content with a mere click, there is no need to organize, synthesize or summarize in their own words.
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those who took longhand notes outperformed laptop participants. Because longhand notes contain students’ own words and handwriting, they may serve as more effective memory cues by recreating the context (e.g., thought processes, emotions, conclusions) as well as content (e.g., individual facts) from the original learning session.
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evidence suggests that when college students use laptops, they spend 40% of class time using applications unrelated to coursework, are more likely to fall off task, and are less satisfied with their education
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even when technology allows us to do more in less time, it does not always foster learning. Learning involves more than the receipt and the regurgitation of information