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Not that it detracts from your point, but I definitely benefited from notetaking on my computer in school. For an AP History class, I typed up—in outline style
by function_seven 8y ago
Not that it detracts from your point, but I definitely benefited from notetaking on my computer in school. For an AP History class, I typed up—in outline style (I, II; A, B; 1, 2; a, b; etc)—all my notes on the required reading. At the end of the course, I had a few hundred pages of these notes all printed up.
I never had to go back and read any of them. Just the process of typing them up in the first place firmly fixed all the knowledge in my mind. When taking the final and AP test, I could see the notes I had taken in my mind.
Writing or typing didn’t make a difference. Just the rephrasing and condensing alone was enough. (Which, again, reënforces your point. I still had to consciously avoid “pass-thru” regurgitation)
- pjc50 8y ago> reënforces What's it like working at the New Yorker? (explanation: this is a joke based on the way nobody uses diaresis marks anymore for any word other than naive, except for the New Yorker style guide. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-curse-of-the-diaeresis https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-curse-of-... )
- ninkendo 8y agoNot only that but the common spelling is "reinforces", which doesn't need a diaeresis at all. It's like function_seven went very far out of the way to show that they know what a diaeresis is...
- function_seven 8y agoI’m not usually pretentious, but when it comes to the double-e, I lean in :)
- 4thaccount 8y agoHistory <> Math at all. I'm an electrical engineer (pretty good at math as that's all you do for 4 years in college), but can process a history lecture much much faster and easier. Outlines are great for History (I agree), but this isn't as easy for Math. A single equation can need more explanation than a novel. Note that I'm not at all belittling the study of history...just trying to show the counter to the parent post isn't 100% relevant here IMO.
- function_seven 8y agoI was relating to the parent comment about writing v. typing, so I kinda lost the original point of the article. Yeah, Math is a much different subject when it comes to notetaking and processing the information you learn. There are a few equations to memorize, but to really excel at the subject, you need to learn more why's than you do what's