Note-Taking Resources

If your in-class notes are messy, unorganized, and unclear at first glance, you’re not going to get much use out of them. This has nothing to do with how neat your handwriting is — it’s all about how your notes are structured. One of the most effective ways to remember (and understand) what you are […]

There are plenty of studying tips that can help students make the most of the time they spend pouring over notes in preparation for upcoming exams. But even if students are turning off technological distractions, sitting at a desk instead of lounging in bed, and going for a walk to get their blood pumping before […]

We know that creating hand-written study notes is a surefire way to maximize your study efforts. It turns passively reading over notes into an active endeavor that uses multiple senses and helps to improve recall. But just how do you create study notes, and what should you look for? The main thing to remember when […]

What do your fingers and hands have to do with how well you remember what you study? New research shows that the physical act of handwriting stimulates critical activity in specific areas of the brain that develop a sort of visual memory of words and letters. In the study, researchers asked two groups to learn an […]

It shouldn’t surprise you that many university students can’t remember how to form cursive letters… Their argument is that  handwriting skills are essentially irrelevant because the majority of the time, student work is done on the computer. Some schools are even doing away with teaching cursive handwriting beyond the primary grades, preferring to  focus on […]