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Peer reviewedCarter, John F.; Van Matre, Nicholas H. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
The benefit of note taking appeared to be derived from having an opportunity to subsequently review notes, and not from the act of note taking itself. Encoding differences as a function of note taking were minimal, while the external storage function assumed primary importance. (Author/BJG)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Learning Theories
Download full textVan Matre, Nicholas H.; Carter, John F. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of note taking and review on retention of information presented by lecture. One hundred seventy-two undergraduates enrolled in an introductory psychology course served as subjects for the experiment. All subjects listened to a lecture while engaging in study strategies consisting of…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Lecture Method
