Both handwriting speed and selective attention are important to lecture note-taking

Reading and Writing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-30

  Peverly, Stephen T ^a   Garner, Joanna K ^b   Vekaria, Pooja C ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Handwriting speed; Lecture note taking; Selective attention; Studying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891659974     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-013-9431-x     Document Type: Article

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