Taking Notes on a Laptop vs. Writing it By Hand?

berryjam
Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:56:29 +0000

Studies may show that you retain notes better when you handwrite them, but most of my classes have been lectures where notes are not posted online to view later, and the professor goes beyond what is written on slides. I can’t write fast enough to keep up with what’s on the board and what my professor is saying, and when I have to, my notes end up very scribbly and awful. So I prefer typing on a laptop because it saves time, I can write more, I can edit them whenever I want, and it never looks messy!