Ah! I tutor math and this is less of an issue. In fact, the reason they need tutoring is the poor lesson plans offered by the schools.
Still, wouldn't students benefit by taking their own notes? Or is this a teach-to-the-test thing?
Actually I expect it would work well for math. I'm a 40-something banker who's taking General Chemistry at a local college (to ward off brain-rot). And I got an A last semester, so I think I'm doing it right. I do copious outlining of the textbook, which is much more detailed than the lectures. The online material consists of the slides the professor uses in the lecture (not very useful in my opinion, but good for an occasional quick review), as well as detailed solutions to all the problems presented in the recitation section (different from the ones in the textbook-based homework). If you were trying to scribble down all the solutions as the prof writes them on the board, you wouldn't really be able to pay attention to what's going on. However, it's very useful to have copies of them for review, as they tend to be similar to exam questions.