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In his book,\u00a0Why Don\u2019t Students Like School?<\/em> (\u00a317.99, Jossey-Bass) psychologist Prof Daniel Willingham says that \u201cmemory is the residue of thought\u201d. We remember the things we think about, not necessarily the things we are told.<\/p>\n When you write notes in your own words, you force yourself to reframe someone else\u2019s ideas into a form that you can concisely express on paper. This mental effort increases the chance of this information being transferred to your long-term memory later.<\/p>\n Many studies have found that handwritten notes,\u00a0particularly those with arrows, diagrams and margin doodles, improve information retention<\/a>. Typing is quicker, but it is too repetitive and mechanical to stimulate your focus and attention.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Sara Bjelanovic, age 14, London<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Luis Villazon Published: Tuesday, 04 October 2022 at 12:00 am In his book,\u00a0Why Don\u2019t Students Like School? (\u00a317.99, Jossey-Bass) psychologist Prof Daniel Willingham says that \u201cmemory is the residue of thought\u201d. We remember the things we think about, not necessarily the things we are told. When you write notes in your own words, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":18570,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/10\/why-does-writing-my-own-notes-help-me-learn.jpg",1200,511,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/10\/why-does-writing-my-own-notes-help-me-learn-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/10\/why-does-writing-my-own-notes-help-me-learn-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/10\/why-does-writing-my-own-notes-help-me-learn-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/10\/why-does-writing-my-own-notes-help-me-learn-1024x436.jpg",800,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/10\/why-does-writing-my-own-notes-help-me-learn.jpg",1200,511,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/10\/why-does-writing-my-own-notes-help-me-learn.jpg",1200,511,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Luis Villazon Published: Tuesday, 04 October 2022 at 12:00 am In his book,\u00a0Why Don\u2019t Students Like School? (\u00a317.99, Jossey-Bass) psychologist Prof Daniel Willingham says that \u201cmemory is the residue of thought\u201d. We remember the things we think about, not necessarily the things we are told. When you write notes in your own words, you…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/18569"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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