Professors reference these studies often, arguing that students ought to handwrite their notes so they will remember their notes better. There are plenty of studies arguing that handwriting is better for notetaking than typing. Many prohibit screens from their classes altogether. But many professors scoff at them, preferring handwritten notes - this is from personal experience. Typed notes, especially in large lecture classes, are de rigueur these days. After a year of Zoom classes and lectures, relatively silent in my bedroom, the sound shook the room.īy the sound, the vast majority of the class typed their notes. The flutter of hundreds of typing fingers challenged the professor’s amplified voice. Hundreds of students moved to copy down the definition. Immediately it was as if a large flock of birds took off into the sky behind me. Then, he tapped his keyboard and the definition of “metaethics” shone on the large projector screen. The room was in rapt - or maybe bored - silence. He described the nature of ethics (in rather interesting terms, I might add) for about 10 minutes. The professor moved through his lecture, sliding through his stylish powerpoint presentation. I set up my notebook and pen, wrote a heading, and began taking notes. I sat near the front - one has to be choosy in looking for a left-handed desk. The lecture hall is large, with a balcony. It’s a large class with around 300 students.
Recently I was in McCosh Hall 10 for the first lecture of PHI 202: Introduction to Moral Philosophy.
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