Does highlighting notes help you remember when studying?????

[htiflo299]

when studying for tests do you think highlighting notes helps?

gives me your opinions?

[Lasercookie]

No.

[REBORN]

This is all going to depend on the person but for me, nope.

I make my own notes and that too, in black and white. No colour used

[Fyrefly]

Personally, I think colours work wonders.

[Zafaraaaa]

I definitely find it helpful for emphasising on key words within, say, a definition; or even for bringing to attention just the main ideas in a paragraph of information so it 'stands out' and I can remember it. Highlighting ftw!

[Menang]

I find highlighting useful for finding it again, but not for remembering it.

ie; highlighting a sentence in my readings help me find it quickly if I need to quote it, but it won't help me remember/memorise content.

[Camo]

If typing I find it more useful to use bold or italics as colour could just mean grey compared to black. My having words bolded I can pick up the key information.

Otherwise yeah, highlighters, always got the post it note ones

[pi]

Doesn't work for me. I think it works better if you're female.

[jane1234]

Doesn't work for me. I think it works better if you're female.

Haha probably. I can't read a textbook unless I highlight what I'm reading.

[tony3272]

I find highlighting really distracting. I only do it if i'm brain dead so i can at least pick up where i left off when i try again the next day.
But generally, if i ever write in my textbooks, it'll just be a little note about it in grey lead.

[HERculina]

writing  notes in different coloured pens helps me remember more than highlighting

[Ghost!]

Nope, I only do it when I can't be bothered working but don't want to get in trouble in class for wasting time

[TrueTears]

Doesn't work for me. I think it works better if you're female.

sadly i've changed genders then :[

[pi]

Doesn't work for me. I think it works better if you're female.

sadly i've changed genders then :[

Oh well, just shows how generalised my generalisation was 

[dinosaurs]

Girls spend the entire class highlighting their textbooks, it's really weird and not to mention useless.