Michael Pauleen on X: "a famous study said handwritten notes beat laptop notes. typing makes you transcribe instead of think. professors banned laptops over it. then two labs reran it, and the famous part fell apart:
1) no reliable difference on the quiz. 2019: no difference. 2021: no difference" / X<br>Post
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Michael Pauleen
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a famous study said handwritten notes beat laptop notes. typing makes you transcribe instead of think. professors banned laptops over it. then two labs reran it, and the famous part fell apart:
1) no reliable difference on the quiz. 2019: no difference. 2021: no difference<br>span:not(:empty)~span:not(:empty)]:before:content-['·'] [&>span:not(:empty)~span:not(:empty)]:before:px-1 [&>span:not(:empty)~span:not(:empty)]:before:shrink-0">1:01 PM · Jul 28, 2026257.1KViews
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@MichaelPauleen
20h
2) the verbatim part replicated fine. laptop note-takers really do transcribe more word for word. it just didn't hurt their scores
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@MichaelPauleen
20h
3) the original still headlines every back-to-school piece. the replications did not get the press tour
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original: Mueller & Oppenheimer (2014), Psychological Science. replications: Morehead, Dunlosky & Rawson (2019), Educational Psychology Review; Urry et al. (2021), Psychological Science
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I wonder if the study controls for distraction. Computers are just so incredibly distracting. I think intuition is right here.
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