A new study suggests that traditional learning activities like making notes remain critical for students' reading ...

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This article was updated on October 10, 2023, with additional contributions by Mars Girolimon. How you take notes can affect how much information you’re able to recall. You could make reviewing course ...

While difficult to comprehend for those in the high school and college, Cameron Allen is new to note taking. Also difficult to understand is why the 10-year-old enjoys the new-found phenomenon. “I ...

The evidence is clear: Learning to take notes effectively is an essential skill for student success in K–12 classes, higher education and beyond. Research shows that note taking supports learners in ...

Laptops are ideal for taking course notes. They’re portable enough to carry with you to every class, they have built-in keyboards and touchpads for fast typing and navigation, you can doodle and ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google’s unassuming note-taking app has plenty to offer. Google’s unassuming note-taking app has plenty to offer.

As digital devices become more common in classrooms, teachers and students are discovering that what worked in the analog world may not be as effective in the digital one. Nowhere is this more clear ...

If you do a lot of reading or research in your job, taking notes the old-fashioned way can really slow you down as you're wading through tons of white papers or reams of reports. But here's a hack ...

The moment of truth for me came in the spring 2013 semester. I looked out at my visual-communication class and saw a group of six students transfixed by the blue glow of a video on one of their ...

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