Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning is a new NPR report summarizing recent research on the advantages writing by hand has over typing – for learning, at least.
It’s certainly something I reinforce in my ELL Newcomers class – the only times we use laptops are for online games, independent practice, and once-a-week slideshow presentations.
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Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning is a new NPR report summarizing recent research on the advantages writing by hand has over typing – for learning, at least. It’s certainly something I reinforce in my ELL Newcomers class – the only times we use laptops are for online games, independent ESL Web, research studies Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…