The PDF is a chapter below is from my book The Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach on Writing to Learn. This will explain why this is such an effective form of learning.

Studies show writing something once has the same effect on our retention as reading it eleven times! You will be copying and writing a lot of summaries during this Bible study.

Bible journaling writing is more than just a crafty hobby. It is learning. All writing is an exercise in thinking, an exercise through which we learn new connections and see new directions to take with our ideas.

During writing assignments, we learn how to assess information and determine its appropriateness for inclusion, how to evaluate and compare, analyze and discern, add our own feelings to the material, organize information, and communicate conclusions.

Through these processes, we learn to manage and use information to solve problems, interrelate knowledge, and effectively communicate.

Excellence is learned by continually practicing clarity, accuracy, relevance, prioritizing, consistency, depth, and breadth through writing activities. Diligence is developed by producing quality assignments.