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I have long known this to be the case for myself, and switched back to pen and paper for taking notes. I also learned shorthand to reduce the amount of time an
by betterunix2 9y ago
I have long known this to be the case for myself, and switched back to pen and paper for taking notes. I also learned shorthand to reduce the amount of time and mental effort I spend on taking notes, though I sometimes revert to longhand when I need something to be more readable. It is also great for diagrams, math notation, etc. Touchscreens may someday get there, but so far I have found that even the best touchscreens/tablets (yes, even the iPad Pro) still wind up slowing me down.
- itronitron 9y agoif I am taking a course on a new unfamiliar subject I copy relevant material from the textbook into a handwritten journal before each lecture, which makes it much easier to pay attention to the teacher and catch all of their side comments (such as caveats on when to use various methods)
- regularfry 9y agoResearch on disfluency implies that you might be better off with longhand after all. Increasing the mental effort in taking the notes has a positive effect on how well people absorb material (subject to a few caveats).