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chongli on July 12, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Students Are Better Off Without a Laptop in the Cl...

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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