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I had a laptop and left it home most of the time. And just stuck with taking notes with a pen and sitting upfront. I took lots notes. Some people claim it's po
by rdtsc 9y ago
I had a laptop and left it home most of the time. And just stuck with taking notes with a pen and sitting upfront.
I took lots notes. Some people claim it's pointless and distracts from learning but for me the act of taking notes is what helped solidify the concepts a better. Heck due to my horrible handwriting I couldn't even read some of the notes later. But it was still worth it. Typing them out just wasn't the same.
- LyndsySimon 9y agoAs I get older, I find that physical notes help me more and more. I write in fairly neat cursive, using a fountain pen, and make it a point to never write down the words I'm hearing unless they're an important quote or something. Doing this helps me process the information while it's still fresh in my mind, which in turn leads to more thorough understanding.
- rdtsc 9y ago> make it a point to never write down the words I'm hearing unless they're an important quote or something That's the key I think! The forced paraphrasing (while summarizing) helps process the information better.
- izacus 9y agoMy experience from college is pretty much the same - as soon as I stopped bringing laptop to courses and started using a paper notebook, my recall improved significantlly. If you don't have a distraction device on-hand, it's significantly harder to get distracted as soon as a lecture gets a bit more boring and doing notes forces you to pay attention to those boring bits as well.