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1. • • A growing body of evidence says “No.” When college students use computers or tablets during lecture, they learn less and earn worse grades. The evidence consists of a series of randomized trials, in both college classrooms and controlled laboratory settings.
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   Does taking notes on a laptop affect learning?

   • Mueller and Oppenheimer postulate that taking notes by hand requires different types of cognitive processing than taking notes on a laptop, and these different processes have consequences for learning. Writing by hand is slower and more cumbersome than typing, and students cannot possibly write down every word in a lecture.

   A Learning Secret: Don't Take Notes with a Laptop

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   Do laptop users take notes?

   • Indeed, in this experiment, the notes of the laptop users more closely resembled transcripts than summaries of the lectures. Taking notes can serve two learning functions: the physical storage of content (ideally, for later review) and the cognitive encoding of that content.

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   Do students remember more by taking notes longhand than on a laptop?

   • Researchers Pam Mueller and Daniel M. Oppenheimer found that students remember more via taking notes longhand rather than on a laptop. It has to do with what happens when you're forced to slow down.

   Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops Away - NPR

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   Do laptops improve learning?

   • Even better: typing and synthesizing handwritten notes is a terrific way to review and check one’s understanding of a class. There may well be particular classroom settings in which laptops improve learning. Perhaps a coding class, in which students collaborate on solving a programming problem.

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   Should students take notes using laptops?

   • Moreover, when students take notes using laptops they tend to take notes verbatim, writing down every last word uttered by their professor. Obviously it is advantageous to draft more complete notes that precisely capture the course content and allow for a verbatim review of the material at a later date. Only it isn’t.

   A Learning Secret: Don't Take Notes with a Laptop

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   Is taking notes still the best way to learn?

   • But a steady stream of research continues to suggest that taking notes the traditional way—with pen and paper or even stylus and tablet—is still the best way to learn, especially for young children. And now scientists are finally zeroing in on why.

   Why Writing by Hand Is Better for Memory and Learning

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3. www.scientificamerican.com › article › a-learningA Learning Secret: Don't Take Notes with a Laptop

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   Jun 3, 2014 · Mueller and Oppenheimer included a study in which participants were asked to take notes by hand or by laptop, and were told they would be tested on the material in a week.

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4. www.npr.org › 2016/04/17 › 474525392Taking Notes By Hand May Be Better Than Digitally ... - NPR

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   Apr 17, 2016 · Researchers Pam Mueller and Daniel M. Oppenheimer found that students remember more via taking notes longhand rather than on a laptop. It has to do with what happens when you're...

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   Feb 21, 2024 · But a steady stream of research continues to suggest that taking notes the traditional way—with pen and paper or even stylus and tablet—is still the best way to learn, especially for young ...

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   Aug 22, 2015 · Two classroom-based studies (discussed below) suggest that students’ use of laptops can have a positive effect on their attention and learning— if these tools are used for course-related, instructional purposes.

8. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleThe effect of notetaking method on academic performance: A ...

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   Jan 1, 2022 · However, the Allen et al. meta-analysis did not separate the influence of distraction from the notetaking method. Specifically, they acknowledged that digital notetaking also allows the influence of external distractions (e.g., email, web browsing) on learning performance.

   • Author: Daniel Voyer, Scott T. Ronis, Narissa Byers

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   Aug 21, 2017 · Taking notes can serve two learning functions: the physical storage of content (ideally, for later review) and the cognitive encoding of that content. These lab experiments suggest that laptops improve storage, but undermine encoding.

10. www.brookings.edu › articles › for-better-learning-inFor better learning in college lectures, lay down the laptop ...

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    Aug 10, 2017 · Taking notes can serve two learning functions: the physical storage of content (ideally, for later review) and the cognitive encoding of that content. These lab experiments suggest that...