Making summaries and taking notes gave different scores, but which is better is unclear
Who it’s about: Students
- Helped
Making summaries gave different scores from taking notes, but the paper doesn't say which is better.
- Action: Learn better study strategiestested
- Action: Do a short study sessionused
- Rule: Through an online programmeused
Randomised trial of 130 educational technology students, probably in Egypt · vs students who took notes instead · they rated themselves
The study
Who took part
130 male and female students of educational technology, probably in Egypt, were split into four groups of 32 or 33. They were not chosen for putting things off.
What they did
Students reviewed an online course over several weeks. Each group either took notes or made summaries while reviewing, and got the material in either a 'restricted' or a 'free' way. The text doesn't clearly say how the two ways differed, and no group got nothing.
What happened
At the end, the summary groups and the note groups got different scores on a questionnaire about putting off schoolwork. The 'free' and 'restricted' groups also differed. The paper doesn't say if a high score is good or bad, so we can't tell which way worked better. Parts of the text are garbled.
Source
استراتيجيتا المراجعة الإلكترونية (تدوين الملاحظات/ عمل الملخصات) وأثر تفاعلهما مع نمطي تقديمها (المقيدة/ الحرة) ببيئة تعلم إلكتروني على تنمية التحصيل المعرفي وخفض التلكؤ الأكاديمي لدى طلاب تكنولوجيا (2025)
DOI: 10.21608/tesr.2025.431670 (opens in a new tab)Tools in this study
Action5
Learn better study strategiesLearn techniques for rehearsing, organising and checking your understanding of study material.
