The debate continues over whether students are better served by taking their class notes longhand or on a laptop. The research is in, but the jury is still out.

These are the best note-taking apps and accessories for annotating PDFs, sketching diagrams, recording your next class lecture, and more.

So, that's exactly what I did. I integrated NotebookLM into my note-taking setup by pairing it with Apple Notes. This meant I continued taking notes as usual in Apple Notes.

Outsmart Your Brain does read like a user’s manual. Each chapter has a clear focus on a particular slice of learning (How to take lecture notes, how to read difficult books, how to study for ...

A 2024 meta-analysis of 24 international studies showed taking lecture notes by hand resulted in stronger overall test performance and course grades for undergraduate students.