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Originally Posted by R. Scott Clark |
Dr. Van Pelt here at RTS has argued from some research he read that computers hinder the learning process and that the old hand written notes are more conducive to learning. You may want to contact him about what research he has in mind.  |
Research?! What about my anecdotes.
Here's another one for people like David.
I still have a distinct memory of a paper I had to write in 1983. I think it was a 10 page paper but it had to be typed. Back in those days, the only way you learned how to type was on a real life typewriter. I'm thankful I actually took a typing class in high school but this paper preceded that effort. I had to type that paper using two fingers and searching for every letter.
It took me about two days of working practically non-stop just to type that thing. I would mess up some detail and I would have to sometimes re-type an entire page that was messed up. You really had to draft everything out and think about what you were going to write ahead of time. I had learned a trick from my teacher to do research by using index cards with a sentence of facts on each index card with the reference of where you got it on the back. You could then shuffle the cards in the order you needed for research.
I have to say that I don't miss typewriters at all but, even as a freshman in college, I still remember using some typewriters that you could type a whole line of text in a little display and then choose print and the typewriter would type the whole line and then you'd go to the next one. That was pretty cool for back then.
When you think about how prolific Origen or Augustine or Calvin or Owen was given only parchment and a quill it simply boggles the mind. I was even thinking about that the other day how hard these guys must have had to study to keep track of where certain Scriptures were of referencing where certain words appear. There was certainly no search feature they could rely upon.