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Reads like another example of the replication crisis. Two studies testing the same thing, originally handwritten notes were better for conceptual questions and
by twobitshifter 6y ago
Reads like another example of the replication crisis.
Two studies testing the same thing, originally handwritten notes were better for conceptual questions and this time they’re better for factual. The handwritten students on one test were outperformed by the no notes group.
- Wohlf 6y agoEither way, both groups have to remember the information at test time, and memory is fallible. Notes may or may not help someone remember the information, and it may be different from person to person or even situation to situation.
- cortesoft 6y agoYeah, I am always curious how some people act like a study of this sort means you should change your behavior. Studies find averages and correlations (and sometimes causation), but that doesn't mean much for an individual trying to make a decision. It might be true, for example, that the average person does better with hand written notes than typed notes. That doesn't mean that EVERY person does better with hand written notes, and you have more information about yourself than just being 'an average person'. If you think you are better at taking notes on a computer, your information is much more applicable to your own situation than a general study showing that most people aren't that way.
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