These strategies help preschool and kindergarten students develop letter recognition, spatial awareness, and fine motor ...

Writing out the same word again and again in cursive may bring back bad memories for some, but handwriting can boost connectivity across brain regions, some of which are implicated in learning and ...

Research shows writing by hand leads to better recognition and understanding of letters. It also improves memory and recall of words. “Writing is deeply connected to language networks,” she said.

In other words: Writing by hand, as opposed to with a keyboard, helps you remember things. The study, by F. R. Van der Weel and Audrey L. H. Van der Meer, psychology researchers at the Norwegian ...

Writing something down rather than typing it ... The team then flashed 30 words – such as the Norwegian for king, hedgehog and umbrella – on a screen in front of the participants.

They didn’t make any drawings. Those who used a digital pen mainly wrote key words and short sentences and produced two drawings, on average. According to van der Meer, students who use the keyboard ...