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You know there's this going where people are starting to realize that extensive/fancy note taking is a gigantic waste of time. The only thing it needs to do is
by eBombzor 4y ago
You know there's this going where people are starting to realize that extensive/fancy note taking is a gigantic waste of time. The only thing it needs to do is to offload cognitive thinking onto something external while you're learning so you can hold ideas. Most learning comes from recalling, not having beautiful notes.
- arkitaip 4y agoYes! Something happens when we take notes and that seems to improve learning but recall using flash cards is interestingly much more useful than re-reading the same notes. Anyone who wants to take a course in meta learning that's grounded in science is recommended to take the practical and free Coursera course Learning How To Learn: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
- davikr 4y agoI haven't taken notes in months and I haven't seen any degradation to my learning, anedoctally.
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y agoYou know... the website/videos describe this. They say multiple times there is trade off between transcribing mindlessly vs. focused listening with no notes. The point of the Cornell system is activate thinking of the topic which is why they have a "cue" section for questioning, "summary" section for "what did i learn?". The first step Cornell did forget to mention for some people is to actually attend class before commenting.
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