Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away the pencils and paper: handwriting helps people learn certain ...

“Writing is deeply connected to language networks,” she said. “Once students learn to write letters, if they see one of those letters in print, the same part of the brain that functions when they are ...

Writing happens in every classroom and for a range of instructional purposes. When writing is used as a mechanism for processing learning, metacognition, self-reflection, and problem-solving, this is ...

Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they also remain better able to generate ideas and retain information.

The way we learn to write letters by hand can affect how we mentally read them later on, a new study finds.

Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old practice, especially for kids.

Learning to write is one of the defining milestones of early childhood, but it doesn’t happen all at once. Children build writing skills over time, from indecipherable scribbles to writing ...

Increasing evidence that students who are writing to learn master the material better, even in number-filled subjects like math and science.

From the early formation of letters to crafting an essay, writing involves perhaps more subskills than any other academic task. To write well requires combining multiple physical and mental ...

By ceding information research and/or writing to AI, you're not teaching young people how to think critically, to find valid information on their own and to write well.