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> One of the best-demonstrated advantages of writing by hand seems to be in superior note-taking. In a study from 2014 by Pam Mueller and Danny Oppenheimer, stu
by eviks 3y ago
> One of the best-demonstrated advantages of writing by hand seems to be in superior note-taking. In a study from 2014 by Pam Mueller and Danny Oppenheimer, students typing wrote down almost twice as many words and more passages verbatim from lectures, suggesting they were not understanding so much as rapidly copying the material.
> Handwriting—which takes longer for nearly all university-level students—forces note-takers to synthesise ideas into their own words.
If this is the best demonstration, it means there is no advantage - this is just an illustration of the awfully designed lecture system where any copying is required at all instead of having the full transcript readily available and spending the time to actually listen
- davemp 3y agoNot sure I agree. Most of my classes had recorded lectures and good notes from the TAs, but I still found taking hand written notes to be helpful. I even tried switch to a laptop then switched back after less than a semester.
- eviks 3y agoUnfortunately, anecdote vs data
- Lanolderen 3y agoAlso to begin with having to shorten lecture material/notes on the spot because you can't write fast enough seems like a way to introduce errors. Not really superior.
- hiAndrewQuinn 3y agoI'm pretty sure I could handily beat any handwriting fan in "synthesizing ideas into their own words" if professors provided small Anki decks of their material after class. Sadly I've never heard of anyone doing this.
- eviks 3y agoYeah, maybe in a couple of professor generations we'll get to some novel use of all this new tech
- mavhc 3y agoAh yes, lectures, which refuse to acknowledge the existence of the printing press