Writing notes by hand does seem to help learning, but a new experiment shows the real advantage is smaller and stranger than the internet says – Silicon Canals

More words were associated with better quiz performance in both the original study and the replication. Verbatim overlap was associated with worse performance, although that relationship was less robust in the replication. This makes the simple story awkward in a useful way: recording more can help, copying without processing can hurt, and a keyboard makes both easier.

Source: Writing notes by hand does seem to help learning, but a new experiment shows the real advantage is smaller and stranger than the internet says – Silicon Canals