Does Handwriting Matter in a Digital World?

At Meadowbrook, we believe the answer is a resounding yes! Here is an excerpt from an article that appeared in Education Week earlier this year. The link to the full article is below.

When handwriting is not taught, reader comprehension may suffer, according to Steve Graham, a professor of special education and literacy at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tenn., whose research was slated to be presented at the conference.

Karin Harman-James of Indiana University in Bloomington based her findings on results from functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or fMRI, scans taken of children as they wrote and typed. The brain scans indicated that "handwriting, not keyboarding, leads to adult-like neural processing in the visual system," which Ms. Harman-James says suggests that handwriting may have a particular role in setting children up for reading acquisition.

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