Which is better for writing notes?

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For taking notes is it better to write in a notebook or loose-leaf? With loose-leaf paper you can organise your notes however you like, but it's flimsy and can get messy quickly. With a notebook everything is ordered but you can't organise your notes after. Do you think this also varies per subject?

[mozart]

note bookss ftw easy, loose leafs are daggy and get lost/messy easily.

[Eriny]

Agreed. I also like to number the pages in my notebooks for easy reference. In year 12 I used 240 page spiral bound books and I only ran out of room in methods (probably because there were pages of scribble), I'd reccommend those. They're a bit more expensive, but they have all the benefits of loose leaf whilst keeping all your notes in the correct place and you don't have to go through 2+ books to find the right information.

[joshuamorgan]

What do people think about typed notes? Yay or nay? My handwriting is shocking, so I'd benefit from having typed notes.

[DrowNz]

What do people think about typed notes? Yay or nay? My handwriting is shocking, so I'd benefit from having typed notes.

Same here mate. In addition I'm so unorganized and tend to lose everything I'm given so in this sense something like a notebook would be a better option for myself. The act of actually writing those notes down as part of committing information to memory though is quite important..

EDIT: If you meant notes that you type yourself, sorry for the misunderstanding. It's been a long day.

[Odette]

I find it better if i write the notes... you're more focused that way (in my opinion)
But you want something you can read afterwards so if you have bad handwriting then i'd say type them... I never had that problem my handwriting is kinda like this lol ^_^

[Markos]

I'm thinking about getting a laptop soon for uni. My cousin says he finds it a lot easier to take down notes and go over. I really wouldnt know if typing verse writing is the better option since I havent tried typing yet

[joshuamorgan]

I typed notes for Business Management and ranked 1st (97% for Unit 3, 100% for Unit 4), I don't think it's as ineffective as people thinks. I suppose it also depends on the person though.

[brendan]

i just use a normal exercise book

[Mao]

I'm thinking about getting a laptop soon for uni. My cousin says he finds it a lot easier to take down notes and go over. I really wouldnt know if typing verse writing is the better option since I havent tried typing yet

I got a laptop a couple days ago (hell yeah), and i do intend to type up a lot of my notes, but do keep in mind that the thing your computer CANT do is to draw shapes like your hand can, which makes scientific notations, maths and a range of other things seriously annoying... that is, unless you have a writing pad, but even then its still not the same.

and so far i have found myself to revert back hand written notes (esp for maths), notebooks work best, as loose-leaf fly everywhere... but those stapled notebook (typical officework 10c ones) are really crap, those ring-binder are so much better...

[joshuamorgan]

I use LaTeX to typeset equations, and Grapher (OS X) to plot graphs of functions. Works fairly well albeit being more time consuming.

[droodles]

the problem with laptops is that you have to lug it around and it's prone to being stolen.

[sheepz]

i would go with notebooks for copying notes off the teacher because it does get messy with loose leaf and in a notebook (with theory and exercises separated) it is pretty easy to find. I prefer typing when writing up my own notes (not for maths because i don't know how to use the computer programs to draw graphs etc lol) because it is faster for me to type than to write everything out nicely and I often have second thoughts of the way I arrange my notes - it's much easier to re-arrange notes on the computer and imo it looks much neater. i get put off when my notes look messy and will hardly touch them >.<

[nak]

notebooks for sure.. loose leafs get way too messy and disorganized way too easy.
The key to good studying is knowing where everything is. With notebooks write in the date and the main topic for easy reference and you may recall other things too since most topics are similar to the previous.

[Ren]

I recommend spiral notebooks which have the tear line so you can rip pages out if you dont want them