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		omikun on July 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Students Are Better Off Without a Laptop in the Cl... I took a class that basically covered a lot of papers. The lecturer spoke at a mile a minute and it was nigh impossible to write all the important info by hand and the really important parts are not on the slides. Typing on a computer allowed me to write all the juicy bits that made studying a breeze.

chongli on July 12, 2017 [–]

I thought the main benefit of taking notes on paper was that it forced you to think and to summarize instead of transcribe.

scroot on July 12, 2017 | [–]

Exactly. Scientific American also highlighted a study of precisely that issue: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret...

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