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September 10, 2025Applied Cognitive PsychologyOpen Access

A Classroom Study on Notetaking Modalities and Inattentive Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms

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GSGabrielle ShimkoEFEmily R. FyfeKJKarin H. James

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Overview

Classroom study highlights how ADHD symptoms influence notetaking strategies and learning effectiveness.

Key Points

  • Increasing inattentive ADHD symptoms decrease learning outcomes, particularly with handwritten notes.
  • Students using laptop and tablet notetaking modalities performed better on quizzes with higher ADHD scores.
  • This study assessed notetaking modalities in an introductory college course with a focus on ADHD-related symptoms.
  • The findings call for personalized notetaking strategies to enhance learning in students with ADHD.

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Shimko et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1c32754b1d3bfb60f1152https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70105
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