Students who take notes by hand score 28% higher: Why writing still outperforms laptops in classrooms
Why students who take notes by hand score 28% higher than others. As laptops become ubiquitous in lecture halls, new evidence is prompting educators to re-examine a basic classroom habit: how students take notes. A landmark study by Pam A. Mueller and Daniel M. Oppenheimer suggests that the medium students use may shape not just…