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posted by chromas on Thursday May 09 2019, @01:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the ♪♫ dept.

Phys.org:

If you're a student looking for the most advanced learning machine available, give laptops a pass—and pick up an age-old notebook.

You'll absorb and retain more information if you take notes by hand, according to a study by UCLA, giving you an edge on your tests.

That spiral-bound stack of paper has other advantages, too: You can't zone out on Facebook and Instagram during a lecture, so you are more likely to stay focused.

Putting pen to paper requires a different kind of mental processing than typing does. Sure, typing on a laptop gives you the power to record a lecture nearly word for word—but transcribing verbatim is associated with what's called "shallow cognitive processing." The words may be captured on your screen, but they basically went in one ear and out the other.

Also, your notebook doesn't run Fortnite.


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 09 2019, @01:52AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 09 2019, @01:52AM (#841132)

    I still use a spiral notebook when monitoring expensive physical tests for my customers. By expensive, compare to watching a wind tunnel test, perhaps $2000/hour occupancy charge. We come prepared with our test samples all lined up and a test matrix worked out in advance (based on hard won past experience) and pre-checked by an engineer at the test facility. During the testing (which might take a few days), I send the sponsor some emails to describe progress and/or ask a question if a problem arises.

    All my observations (which add useful details to the masses of "dry" measured test data) are in that spiral notebook--just pulled it out the other day to answer a question about a test from ~5 years ago.

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