Students who take notes perform better in their coursework. Not only do note-taking students typically earn higher grades than their non-note-taking counterparts, they also tend to retain information longer.
According to a recent study published in Psychological Science, how you take notes is also an indicator of how you'll remember information. Researchers found that taking notes by hand rather than on a laptop actually increases memory recall and long-term retention. In the study, students who took notes by hand had a greater overall understanding of the subject matter and were able to recall detailed information long after the students who took notes on laptops.
The study results led researchers to believe that the act of physically writing notes increases cognition because students must process information as they write.
Taking notes by hand, the old-fashioned way, will help you understand course lectures and commit the information to memory. Plus, using notebooks helps you categorize notes by class, allowing you to quickly access the notes you need when you need them.
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