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The most rigorously structured notes, those with hierarchal ordering and numbered subsections, are of the highest quality and accuracy.
But although these notes are significantly more precise than freestyle note-taking, there is little difference in the ability of the note-taker to recall the material.
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We remember things that stand out.
Underlining something makes it stand out against other words and that makes recalling that word easier.
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If you have a bunch of pads or notebooks filled with meeting notes that you never consult, your note-taking isn't providing the most value over time.
Re-reading notes does make a difference. Because the chief value of note-taking is storing information so it could be consulted later....
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There's little research into the benefits of digital note-taking over handwritten notes.
But the findings underline that typing out notes improves later recall, while copy and pasting text into notes is actually detrimental to learning because it encourages wordiness.
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It brings visual structure to notes, usually involving writing one word in the center and drawing offshoots from it with related ideas and phrases.
Mind-mapping is significantly more effective than just writing out notes and helps with presenting the information back with more clari...
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If your in-class notes are messy, unorganized, and unclear at first glance, you’re not going to get much use out of them. This has nothing to do with how neat your handwriting is — it’s all about how your notes are structured.
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