Comment by like_any_other
21 days ago
It's also much easier to pay attention if you don't have to frantically take notes. To focus on what an equation means, instead of focusing on transcribing it correctly, and then maybe trying to understand it later, if there's any time left, before the lecture moves on.
Of you summarize yourself what the professor said and write it by hand there are more chances you will remember it.
Absolutely true, and writing down 'cheat sheets' of such summaries was one of the most effective ways to learn. But I simply did not have the understanding yet, within 60 seconds of being presented new material, to be able to write a good summary of it. And at the same time also write a non-summary, in the likely case that things would not be clear from the summary alone when reviewing. And do all of this before the lecture moves on to the next thing that needs first understanding, then transcribing, then summarizing.
This is why one attends lectures, reads the book, takes notes for both, and then assembles a summary.
It's called studying.
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Yeah but depending on the pace of the lecture you might not even get everything down. So it's better to take some notes after class like this