Note taking has a number of beneficial effects on learning and retention of information. Which one of the following is not an effect of note taking?
A) It promotes verbal encoding of the material being heard or read.
B) It promotes visual encoding of the material being heard or read.
C) It provides retrieval cues for later recall of information.
D) It decreases the degree to which elaboration is necessary.

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Note taking actually increases the degree to which elaboration is necessary, as it requires the note taker to actively process and synthesize the incoming information.

Note Taking Has a Number of Beneficial Effects on Learning