Princeton University
University of California, Los Angeles.
Psychol Sci. 2014 Jun;25(6):1159-68. doi: 10.1177/0956797614524581. Epub 2014 Apr 23.
Taking notes on laptops rather than in longhand is increasingly common. Many researchers have suggested that laptop note taking is less effective than longhand note taking for learning. Prior studies have primarily focused on students' capacity for multitasking and distraction when using laptops. The present research suggests that even when laptops are used solely to take notes, they may still be impairing learning because their use results in shallower processing. In three studies, we found that students who took notes on laptops performed worse on conceptual questions than students who took notes longhand. We show that whereas taking more notes can be beneficial, laptop note takers' tendency to transcribe lectures verbatim rather than processing information and reframing it in their own words is detrimental to learning.
在笔记本电脑上做笔记而不是手写越来越普遍。许多研究人员认为，对于学习来说，笔记本电脑做笔记不如手写笔记有效。先前的研究主要集中在学生使用笔记本电脑时的多任务处理和分心能力上。本研究表明，即使笔记本电脑仅用于做笔记，它们仍可能会妨碍学习，因为它们的使用导致处理过程较浅。在三项研究中，我们发现，用笔记本电脑做笔记的学生在概念性问题上的表现不如用手写笔记的学生。我们表明，虽然做更多的笔记可能是有益的，但笔记本电脑做笔记者逐字转录讲座的倾向，而不是处理信息并以自己的话重新构建信息，对学习是有害的。
