Why is it so important to take notes in school and university instead of just listening to the lecturer? It may seem like an outdated habit, but in reality, this practice helps you absorb information much more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notes are not just useful for reviewing material later \u2014 they are one of the most powerful tools for memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psychologist and professor Daniel Willingham writes in his book Why Don\u2019t Students Like School?<\/em> that \u201cmemory is the residue of thought.\u201d In simple terms, we remember what we actively think about. Information that is merely spoken to us doesn\u2019t always stick, while ideas we process ourselves are far more likely to be remembered. Other people\u2019s words fade faster than thoughts we\u2019ve worked through on our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you take notes in your own words, you\u2019re forced to reframe someone else\u2019s ideas into a form that makes sense to you. This mental effort \u2014 transforming information instead of copying it \u2014 significantly increases the chances that the knowledge will be stored in long-term memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Numerous studies show that handwritten notes, especially those with arrows, diagrams, and personal doodles in the margins, improve memory retention. In other words, adding a bit of creativity to your notes helps your brain remember better. That\u2019s also why typing notes is less effective: it may be faster, but it\u2019s too mechanical and repetitive to truly engage attention and focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why is it so important to take notes in school and university instead of just listening to the lecturer? It…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,143,23],"tags":[209,235,241],"class_list":["post-1603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-education","category-technology","tag-education","tag-health","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1605,"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions\/1605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thornhill.day\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}