Since Common Core standards for elementary school students emphasize writing composition, could teachers, who focus primarily on handwriting, be putting preschool students at a disadvantage? Maybe.

Students in Iowa have a new teaching tool to help kids with their handwriting. University of Iowa researchers developed a ...

Example of printing on its way to cursive handwriting. (Sibylle Hurschler Lichtsteiner) Steven Graham, an expert in special education, writing and literacy at Arizona State University, advocates ...

After six learning sessions, everyone in the video watching and type-writing group had learned the Arabic alphabet and could identify each of its 28 letters. However, people in the handwriting ...

Handwriting—which takes longer for nearly all university-level students—forces note-takers to synthesise ideas into their own words. This aids conceptual understanding at the moment of writing.

Why handwriting still matters in the digital age From improving focus to strengthening cognitive pathways, handwriting offers neurological benefits that modern technology can’t replicate.

Dyas A. Lawson, creator of pen, paper, and writing site PaperPenalia, explains the difference between writing with your fingers and using your shoulders, and why using your shoulders is better: ...