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New research investigates the interactions between notetaking materials and individual differences (cognitive skills: spatial/verbal reasoning; and notetaking style: verbatim copying/key terms) on learning …
Handwritten or typed notes?
Researchers at Emory University provided college students (n = 78) with two short classroom-style lectures. Students were randomly assigned to a handwritten or a typed condition.
Researchers manipulated whether diagrams were present in students’ notes and whether they handwrote or typed their notes.
They also assessed