New research has analyzed brainwave patterns in both children and young adults while they wrote by hand and as they typed on a keyboard. The results revealed distinctly different brain patterns ...

tends to result in better grades than taking notes on a PC or smartphone. Research into the effects of handwriting has revealed that children who write by hand may grow up to be smarter, and ...

Long, structured and sequential texts are valued by the academic world, sometimes at the expense of a more global vision. Imagination, visual thinking and subjectivity have little place in this ...

In an era dominated by keyboards and touchscreens, the ancient practice of putting pen to paper has become increasingly rare. Many view handwriting as merely a slower, less efficient method of ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by ...

Cursive may seem like an outdated skill. In fact, in 2010, The Common Core standards dropped it as a requirement to be taught in elementary schools. However, recent studies revealed that this ...

New research from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) suggests that handwriting practice refines fine-tuned motor skills and creates a perceptual-motor experience that appears to help adults learn ...

Have you ever tried to read your physician’s prescriptions? Children increasingly print their writing because they don’t know cursive or theirs is simply unreadable. I have a middle-school grandson ...

If you routinely take notes by hand on your mobile device, either with your finger or a stylus, you know how essential handwriting recognition apps can be for organization and legibility. These apps ...