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JohnM upstateNY's avatar

Jeri, for the record, there have now been studies suggesting that learning retention is significantly better for notes takien in cursive than (often more copious) typed notes. [Science News, 2/24/2024, p. 12]

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J L Graham's avatar

"A groundbreaking study shows kids learn better on paper, not screens. Now what?" https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/17/kids-reading-better-paper-vs-screen

I started cobbling simple circuits together before I was 5 and subscribed to Popular Electronics in middle school. I loved following technical innovation, although I feel it is measurably used to control us more in the century than in the last, when each innovation felt like pure empowerment. I think that's more that just me getting old, though I now that the latter is part of it. Anyway, I see more readiness to rush to a technology just because it is new irrespective to weather it is proven to be better. Electronic voting machines is one example. I still fill out my ballot with a pen, and the nice thing about paper is that it leaves a trail, of at least a chain of custody. If a bank gets fiddled by electronic thievery, an audit will show the money is missing. If secret virtual ballots are fiddled, that could be hard to even discover.

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JDinTX's avatar

I believe that, just from my efforts, if I reread them before too much time passes

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