The Chronicle of Higher Education
by Carol Holstead
March 4, 2015
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Benefits-of-No-Tech-Note/228089/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
A year after banning students from taking notes on laptops, a professor reports on the results
This article shared important information for educators related to the topic of student retention of information in relation to hand written vs. typed note-taking in class. Studies show that because writing longhand requires encapsulating highlights [as it is virtually impossible to write everything verbatim] it is actually better for processing and learning. The article states, "A study published last year in Psychological Science showed that students who write out notes longhand remember conceptual information better than those who take notes on a computer. "Whereas taking more notes can be beneficial," the article’s abstract reported, "laptop note takers’ tendency to transcribe lectures verbatim rather than processing information and reframing it in their own words is detrimental to learning." 
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