Typing on a keyboard (hardware or virtual) might be quicker than writing things out with pen and paper, but for learning and long-term memory, handwriting trumps the keyboard. The Wall Street Journal ...

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Scientists may have found a way to improve the way you study. Hint: you may want to take a step away from the computer. Typing notes on a computer is now more popular than handwriting in schools and ...

Yesterday we asked you whether you preferred handwriting or typing your notes, now we're back with the results and some reader quotes on the topic of notetaking. The poll shook out strongly in favor ...

It's a fact: Most students (and employees) can type faster than they can write. So it's only logical that typing notes on a laptop or tablet would be better when listening to a fast paced lecture or ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The future of voice to text is here. I’ve ...

Notes on Mac OS X is like Notes on iOS: a basic, skeuomorphic note taking app that lets you type notes, format text, and add images from either operating system, and have them sync up if you’re using ...