I tended to be in the top of the classes I was in and as far as I've seen my method was somewhat different. I also only take notes on paper, but more importantly, I throw all my notes out as soon as I finish writing them. For me studying is the act of writing the notes. The purpose of notes was never to read them later. That's why writing on paper is important to me. It's not about the qualities and convenience of th…
> I throw all my notes out as soon as I finish writing them. I do the exact same thing, and haven't met anyone else that did it. I thought I was a weirdo all this time! My learning process is (as theorized by me): 1. Hear/see instructor say something 2. Mentally digest and understand it 3. Write down the product of understanding it I think #2 is the most important step, and the big purpose of step #3 is validating th…
I've done the exact same thing for the last 25 years, it took me 10 years of frustration before I found out that I learn & memorize best while writing things down.
Somehow the slowness of writing works 10x better for memorizing then typing.