<p>I have this suspicion that handwriting notes helps me retain the information better. </p>
<p>However, I don't often type my notes. And handwriting allows greater flexibility - e.g. I can draw little diagrams, charts, etc. instead of having to play around with formatting in MS Word. </p>
<p>Does anyone else feel that handwriting notes helps you retain information better? Or vice versa?</p>
<p>I prefer handwriting notes all the way :)</p>
<p>I write by hand in class because it’s more practical, doesn’t require me to carry around a computer, and probably helps me to retain information. I tend to do an assignment like an outline on a computer because it’s just so much faster (and when using multiple levels of bullets, it’s much more organized and easier to keep indentations standard, etc.).</p>
<p>I hand write my notes in class (obviously) and whenever I take notes for the first time for some random class.</p>
<p>When I go back to review, I just throw all of the info I’ve learned onto a Word doc.</p>
<p>I don’t have the opportunity to type in class. I do not usually take notes in class, I just absorb the info.</p>
<p>Well, notetaking isn’t limited to class. I often take notes at home, where I can use a computer.</p>
<p>My biology teacher has told us repeatedly that scientifically, handwriting notes/copying words by hand helps retention of information in a way that typing doesn’t.</p>
<p>One has to wonder, if the disparity between typing and writing is that big with today’s generation. </p>
<p>I can, for example, “type” on virtually any surface. I can easily point out the location of any letter on the keyboard without a keyboard to look at. </p>
<p>If I were to “type” lol on a table, for example, I would simply use my fourth finger on my right hand and alternate up and down to type out “l,” “o,” and finally “l.” </p>
<p>I don’t know. Cloudless33, did your biology teacher cite a study or something? A magazine? How did your bio teacher find out?</p>