MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Today, January 23rd, is National Handwriting Day. So put down your phone and step away from your keyboard. Grab a pen or pencil and some paper and start celebrating! While typing ...

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Research compared students who typed lecture notes on laptops with those who wrote lecture notes by hand during the same time.

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 ...

While it would be great if teachers could spend lots of time with each of their students, the fact is that children often end up doing most of their handwriting exercises unsupervised. A new system ...

Hetty Roessingh receives funding from SSHRC. A Werklund School of Education Teaching and Learning Support Grant provided funding for the development of the resource discussed in this story. University ...

If you or your child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and less-than-perfect penmanship, you may have wondered if there's a connection. It's true. Messy handwriting is linked to ADHD ...

Reading and writing on a schedule that makes sense for you is exactly what you should be doing. If writing a couple of times a month is what works for you now, that’s great—it’s important to set goals ...

Write the name of a place (house, spot in nature, work, restaurant, etc.) at the top of your paper, and then do a stream-of-consciousness writing about that place and see what bubbles up. Pick a ...

For anyone looking to keep their mind sharp with age, science offers an unexpectedly low-tech suggestion: pick up a pen. A review of brain imaging studies found that handwriting activates a broader ...