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1. Yes! When I began studying this way, my grades SHOT UPWARD!

Thu Feb 22, 2024, 12:04 PM

Feb 2024

I have a mild dyslexia problem. I always had unpredictable memory lapses on tests. My grades were unpredictable, sometimes A or B, more often so-so. When I started studying this way, suddenly I was getting As! And I wound up with two bachelor's degrees and a master's degree in a demanding clinical subject! You guys who are struggling, STUDY BY WRITING THE WORDS AS YOU SAY THEM ALOUD TO YOURSELF! It worked for me!

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Writing By Hand Better for Memory & Learning; Brain Activity: Scientific American 🖊 [View all] appalachiablue Feb 2024 OP

Yes! When I began studying this way, my grades SHOT UPWARD! raging moderate Feb 2024 #1

Good on you, thanks for sharing your learning appalachiablue Feb 2024 #5

ALSO, PRACTICE WRITING ON GRAPH PAPER! IT WORKED FOR ME! raging moderate Feb 2024 #28

Excellent suggestion, what a good teacher, lucky you, tx. appalachiablue Feb 2024 #31

I have always believed hand-written is better for memory. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #2

Yep, indeed! A good friend who's very intelligent once asked appalachiablue Feb 2024 #7

Yes ... I've been doing this since my school days, and they've been over a long time FakeNoose Feb 2024 #3

Sounds good, when I hand write notes from classes, meetings appalachiablue Feb 2024 #14

That's been widely believed to be true for a long time, well before there were studies monitoring highplainsdem Feb 2024 #4

I hear you. The postives of handwriting for learning appalachiablue Feb 2024 #18

My HS Earth Science and Astronomy teacher had us take notes and suggested we rewrite our c-rational Feb 2024 #6

Good for your science teacher & you. Smart move, and appalachiablue Feb 2024 #19

This is something I learned long ago. The act of writing something down is a great aid to memory. Martin68 Feb 2024 #8

Absolutely, I knew it for years, common sense. But things appalachiablue Feb 2024 #20

The fact that Post-Its are still a thing suggests people are still writing notes by hand. Martin68 Feb 2024 #21

Luv post its! I'm out now and it's priority, lol. appalachiablue Feb 2024 #27

I love to use Post-Its to mark passages in books I'm reading that I want to find later. Martin68 Feb 2024 #38

Same here, big thanks to whoever had the idea for post its. appalachiablue Feb 2024 #39

I'd like to share something related in the arts Qutzupalotl Feb 2024 #9

I get it, totally. Typing, arranging and designing with a screen/keyboard appalachiablue Feb 2024 #22

Not when you have arthritis in your hands. DavidDvorkin Feb 2024 #10

Or crapal tunnel nt markodochartaigh Feb 2024 #11

Yup Joinfortmill Feb 2024 #12

And if there's something you really want an electronic copy of... EverHopeful Feb 2024 #13

Thanks for the info! appalachiablue Feb 2024 #23

Sounds reasonable. SAD that 'progress' encourages our deterioration! elleng Feb 2024 #15

some drs are so bad that their script looks like earthquake readings rather than a sig line . AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #17

Same for a presidential candidate I won't name. (nt) Pinback Feb 2024 #35

lol AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #36

Did you hit it, rather sad to see the losses and decline, wow. appalachiablue Feb 2024 #24

RIGHT! elleng Feb 2024 #26

my hand writing sux. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #16

That's a very valid point. Tx for posting. appalachiablue Feb 2024 #25

But when taking notes by hand .... Botany Feb 2024 #29

Yes, work the mental processes. appalachiablue Feb 2024 #33

Well it never worked very well for me. I never could write neatly. Could be my neurons are muy malo! Botany Feb 2024 #37

The only problem I ever had with my handwritten notes... 3catwoman3 Feb 2024 #30

I would extend that concept to music also. yonder Feb 2024 #32

Very interesting, thanks for posting. I learned some appalachiablue Feb 2024 #34