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The research investigated the note-taking behaviors of students in terms of the quantity and quality of notes outputted as well as performance in the exit and summative tests. The note-taking behaviors included use of paper and pen, tablet PC- assisted note taking, and not taking down notes. Inferential statistics using t-test and Chi-square were used to determine the significant difference between the use of paper and pen and tablet PC in delivering better quantity and quality of notes. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the test performances of high school students from the three note-taking options. Correlation coefficient was also done to determine the relationship between the quantity and quality of notes and the students’ performances in exit and summative tests. The results indicated that the students encoding notes on paper and pen covered more lesson items than those using the tablet PC. In terms of the quality of notes covered, there appeared to be no significant difference. The note-taking devices seemed to show no advantage also in terms of students’ performances in the tests. Lastly, the quantity and quality of notes seemed to show no differing significance in terms of aiding students perform better in tests. With these findings, recommendations were offered toward training of students and teachers in the productive use of the tablet PC to create better note-taking environment, toward reviewing existing policies and practice on note-taking as well as technology use in the classroom and toward considering scheduling the conduct of tests at a later date to ‘level off the field’ for students with varying accessibilities to technologies. |
