I'm really not a fan of these studies, even this article points out why: copying verbatim doesn't work.
Hand writing forces you to rephrase in your own words because you can't write fast enough to keep up—but there's no reason you can't apply this same method to typing, AND get all the benefits of legible, searchable, organisable, easily expandable text documents.
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another benefit: writing something down burns it more into your brain, so u more likely will remember it without even looking it up
Yes, and the recall effect is much stronger if you use handwriting vs typing[0]
[0] see for example https://redbooth.com/blog/handwriting-and-memory/amp
That's a good thing, because I'd have to rely on my memory rather than trying to read my handwriting.
I'm really not a fan of these studies, even this article points out why: copying verbatim doesn't work.
Hand writing forces you to rephrase in your own words because you can't write fast enough to keep up—but there's no reason you can't apply this same method to typing, AND get all the benefits of legible, searchable, organisable, easily expandable text documents.
That's a good hypothesis, but it can be tested