Comment on Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones
dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 7 months agoOne of the points in the article described how being slower to hand write makes you think about what you write before doing so, which leaves you with more meaningful notes instead of a transcript.
I used to handwrite and record lectures, and listening to it back, it was amazing how much I had missed while writing stuff down.
I’m still in favor of handwriting because my notes were thoughtful and helpful, it was just eye opening how much more I heard the second time through.
Reading the textbook before class helps me pay attention to things I missed in the reading, and rereading it after class helps me recall stuff I ignored in my lecture notes. I have never found value in reviewing lectures, and my grades were pretty good.
These were humanities classes, where I’d pick up some nuance in the lecture/ discussion i had missed.
ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s not how I take notes. I usually end up panicking that I’m not getting everything I want and ultimately give up. I do the same thing trying to take notes playing D&D to this day.