Fact · Typing and writing speed
In the same 2019 replication, longhand and laptop note-takers did not differ on conceptual questions.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“There was no difference in performance between the two note-taking conditions on conceptual questions”
New Findings Inform the Laptop versus Longhand Note-Taking Debate, The Learning Scientists, The Learning Scientists blog, 2019, Post on the Morehead, Dunlosky and Rawson replication.
Open the original- What it measures
- The original 2014 study by Mueller and Oppenheimer had reported that laptop users did worse on conceptual questions, which is the finding the replication could not repeat.
- What it does not show
- A replication with its own sample. Results from one lecture and one set of questions do not settle how students should take notes in general.