When it comes to taking notes, new research indicates that writing by hand may stimulate the brain more than typing. Handwriting was found to be better for learning and memory in comparison to typing ...

Timothy De Shay of Covington, Ga., writes a letter of inspiration for his leadership class in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. A new study examined the brain activity in students as they took notes ...

However, research contradicts this assumption, indicating that structured typing lessons greatly enhance writing fluency, concentration, and overall academic success. The issue is not a lack of ...

Chicken scrawl Almost all my writing is on a keyboard – typing on my laptop or tablet, or phone. I write by hand only occasionally these days; jotting a quick […] ...

Imagine you’re a student in high school or college. Class is about to start. You are faced with a notable dilemma: Should you whip out a notebook or a laptop to take notes? The answer is not so simple ...

In an age when students are often working on computers, typing up essays and homework instead of writing them out, the art of ...

Depending on the geographic locus, the beginning of the semester is upon us and we have begun to do real work, finishing the musical chairs game of finding seats for students in the classes they need ...

Don’t tell my mother, because I’ll never hear the end of her gloating, but the most important class I think I ever took was typing. We’re talking “summer school” between fifth and sixth grade, 1981, ...

After 20 years at UVA, psychology professor Jim Coan is embracing a new approach for deeper learning. His students say it ...

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