Taking notes on laptops rather than in longhand is increasingly common. Many researchers have suggested that laptop note taking is less effective than longhand note taking for learning. Prior studies have primarily focused on students' capacity for multitasking and distraction when using laptops. The present research suggests that even when laptops are used solely to take notes, they may still ...

Taking notes on laptops rather than in longhand is increasingly common. Many researchers have suggested that laptop note taking is less effective than longhand note taking for learning. Prior studies have primarily focused on students’ capacity for multitasking and distraction when using laptops. The present research suggests that even when laptops are used solely to take notes, they may still ...

We present U-Note, a new system that helps children to study their lessons. It links a paper notebook and digital documents in order to reconstruct the context of the class. This system makes it possible for students to browse the teacher’s documents at the state it was when he wrote the words he is currently reading. The student can also add information he found on internet. We first discuss t...

Pharmacology is taught on a dedicated module for nurse prescribers who have a limited physical science background. To facilitate learning a problem-based approach was adopted. However, to enhance students’ knowledge of drug action a PharmaCALogy software package from the British Pharmacological Society was used. Students were alternately given a lecture or encountered the software as a prelude ...

This study examined how dyslexia affects students' ability to benefit from higher education, the strategies that successful students with these problems use, and the support offered by the higher education institutions. Results from interviews, self-reports and testing of 53 university students and 42 lecturers from 3 Swedish universities showed that students with dyslexia have problems with a ...

China can be called a country with consistent attitude in recording various events. Conditions and figures that are considered essential. Besides having strong tradition of taking notes, also has habit trying to preserve records. One the crucial who contributed preservation manuscript was emperor Qian Long (1736-1796), one emperors during Qing dynasty (1644-1911). He collected valuable rare boo...

Frontal asymmetry measured at rest using EEG is considered a stable marker of approach-avoidance behaviors and risk taking. We examined whether without salient cues of attention in the form of losses, predictability is reduced. Fifty-seven participants performed an experiential decision task in a gain-only, loss-only, and mixed (gains and losses) condition. Increased risk taking on the part of ...

Past empirical work suggests that aging is associated with decreases in risk taking. But are such effects universal? Life-history theory suggests that the link between age and risk taking is a function of specific reproductive strategies that can be more or less risky depending on the ecology. We assessed variation in the age-risk curve using World Values Survey data from 77 countries (N = 147,...

background : nursing is a skill oriented discipline. in clinical training, learning process is mainly related to performance. moreover, developing skills is one of the main goals of clinical training, because it is through frequent practice that one can develop a skill. this study aimed to determine the frequency of practicing basic skills during nursing students' traineeship. methods: this was...