领稿WhyYouShouldTakeNotesByHand

　　标题：ThisIsWhyYouShouldTakeNotesByHandInsteadOfWithALaptop
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　　Ifyouwalkintoanylecturethesedays，youseeamajorityofstudentsstaringattheirscreens。Youhearaneverendingchorusofpoundingkeys。Yes，weliveindigitalageandIbetyoucan’timaginenotusingyourlaptopforstudying。Yes，laptopsenableyoutodomoreacademicworkanddoitmoreefficiently。Youcancollaboratemoreeasilyonpresentationsandpapers，getinstantaccesstonumerouslibrariesandsourcesonlineandtakeahugeamountofnotesasyouprobablybelongtothemajoritythattypesfasterthantheywrite。
　　Thetruthis，thosewhotypedotakemorenotescomparedtothosewhousegoodoldpenandpaper。However，accordingtothenewstudypublishedbyPamMuellerandDanielOppenheimer（fromPrincetonUniversityandUniversityofCaliforniarespectively）studentswhotakenotesonpaperlearnsignificantlymorecomparedtotheirlaptopaddictedpeers。Herearethemainreasonswhy：
　　Writingtakestimeanddigestionisnecessary
　　Ourbrainusestwodifferenttypesofcognitiveprocessingwhendoingthesetwooperations：typingandwriting。Astestedonagroupofundergrads，theresearchprovedthatlaptopuserstypealmosteverythingtheyhearwithoutprocessingthemeaningordevotingmuchthoughttowhatitisthey’retakingnoteson。Basically，whenyoutype，allyou’redoingismindlesslytranscribing，andthatdoesnotrequiremuchcognitiveactivity。
　　Whenyoutakenotesbyhand，however，youobviouslycan’twritedowneverysinglewordyourprofessorutters。Soyoulisten，summarize，andlistonlythekeypoints。Yourbrainismoreengagedintheprocessofcomprehensionandsotheinformationprocessedthiswayisrememberedbetter。
　　Longernotesdoesnotequalbetternotes
　　Youmayobjecttothepointabovebysayingthattranscribingeverythingwillhelpyoulateronwhenstudyingforthetest。Nope！Wrongagain。Studentswhoparticipatedinthestudywereassessedwithinaweek，andlonghandnotetakerssignificantlyoutperformedthosewhotooknotesontheirlaptop。Oppenheimerstatesthathandwritingprovidesmoreeffectivememorycuesbyrecreating：
　　context，asyouremembertheoriginalprocessofwriting，theemotion，andtheconclusionsmadeinyourownwords，and
　　content，e。g。someindividualfactswrittenandsummarized。
　　Whencomparingtestscores，researchersnotedthatlaptopusersandlonghandnotetakersperformedsimilarlyonfactualquestionswithslightlybetterresultsfromthetypers。However，laptopusersdidsignificantlyworseonconceptualquestions。
　　Laptopsareoverwhelminglydistracting
　　Nowthismaysoundlikeanobrainier，butstill，thefactsarestaggering。Studentsonaveragespend40ofclasstimeusingallsortsofproductivitykillers，frominstantchatmessagestoansweringemailstosimplybrowsingaroundtheweb。Whatmaysurpriseyouisthataccordingtothisresearch，undergradandlawstudentsratedthemselveslesssatisfiedwiththeircollegeeducationingeneralandweremorelikelytofailclassesduetoconstanttemptationtoswitchtounrelatedtasksandthehigherrisksofacademicdishonesty。Justthinkforasecond，areyoupayingtensthousandsofdollarsperyeartowatchfunnyYouTubevideos？
　　HaveIconvincedyou？Great！Herearesometipsforhowtotakenotesbyhandmoreeffectively：
　　Mastershorthand
　　Therearenumerousmethodsandshorthandsystemsforwritingwordsandlonglettersfasterbyturningthemintospecialsymbols。OneofthemostpopularonesisTeeline，commonlyusedfortrainingjournalistsintheUK。Youremoveunnecessaryletters（likesilentlettersorvowels，unlesstheycomefirstorlast）andtwistthemintosimpleralphabetsymbolsthatarefastertowrite。
　　Ifyoufindithardtoconverttoshorthandentirely，tryadoptingayourowntranslationsystemforthemostcommonlyusedwordsinyourwritingforexample，“cld”for“could”or“w”for“with。”Justmakesureyoudon’tloseyourcheatsheet！
　　Usetherightformatting
　　Ifyouhavejustswitchedfromlaptopnotetakingtowritingnotesbyhand，imaginethewayyouusedtoputdowneverythinginMicrosoftWordoranyotherwritingappyou’veused。Makebigtitles，usebulletpointsandunderlineimportantphrases。Plus，leaveenoughwhitespacebetweenyournotessoyoucanaddextrainformationlateronwhenstuddingforthetest。
　　Getastressball
　　Afterafewhoursofwritingbyhandyourfingers，palmandwristmaybeextremelyexhausted。Getyourselfastressballtosqueezeonceinawhiletobuildupfingerandhandstrength。Also，donotforgettostretchoutyourwritinghandtoavoidelbowinjuriesandunpleasantmusclepains。
　　TrytheCornellNotesmethod
　　Anold，yetstillincrediblyeffectivemethod，totakeexcellentstudynotesistheCornellNotesmethod。Divideyourpageintotwocolumns。Therightoneshouldbelargerthat’swhereyouwritedownalltheideas，includes，chartsandprettymucheverythingelseyoudoasyouusuallywritenotes。Itcanbemessy。Theleftcolumniswhereyouputbigbulletinpointsandshortstatements，generalizingcorrespondingideasfromtherightcolumn。
　　Also，youcanleavetheendofeachpageblankandlaterwritedownabriefsummaryofthepageinacouplesentences。Downtheline，whenstudyingforanexamorpaper，itwillhelpyoufindthenecessarytopicseasily。
　　Lefties：getafelttippedpen
　　Inkstains，smudgedlettersandthusabsolutelyunreadablehandwritingsoundfamiliartoyou？Getagoodfelttippedpenthatwon’tsmudgethatbadwhenyoudragyourhandbehindthepenwhilewriting。