Scientists say yes—for the surprising reason that handwriting facilitates other skills, like reading and learning language, much better than typing or seeing language on a screen. In an experiment, a ...

The motoric and “orthographic mapping” we learn from handwriting—the process of reading words by sight and spelling from memory—helps students internalize sound-letter patterns—that the ...

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2. Handwriting sharpens the brain and helps us learn. Writing is good for keeping one’s gray matter sharp and may even influence how we think, as in “more positively,” studies show.

van der Meer, "Our results imply that the visual and motor input acquired through precise hand movements during handwriting ...

Cognitive and Motor Skills Development: Because handwriting is a complex skill that involves both cognitive and fine motor skills, direct instruction is required to learn handwriting (it is not ...