When someone next to you is using a laptop during a class or seminar, it is easy to think, "It doesn't matter because it only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. laptop and a notebook, and a piece of paper is bouncing between them like they're playing a game of tennis How you prefer to take ...

A widely cited study published in the journal Psychological Science is challenging the way many students take notes — and the findings may make you think twice before reaching for your laptop in class ...

The laptop is open, the cursor blinks, and every word a colleague says appears on screen almost as fast as it is spoken. Or so it seems. Longhand note-taking forces a choice that typing never demands.

Laptops have replaced pens and pencils as the most used school supply, although kids who write their notes by hand may be better off in the long run. They had a higher median GPA than classmates who ...