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What's Lost as Handwriting Fades

posted by n1 on Wednesday June 04 2014, @09:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-but-illegible-scribbles dept.

scruffybeard writes:

The NY Times asks does handwriting matter? The Common Core standards stop teaching handwriting after the first grade, preferring a proficiency in typing after that.

However, studies are showing that children learn faster, are able to retain more information, and generate new ideas when they first learn to write by hand. The process of thinking about how to form a letter and putting it on the page stimulates more areas of the brain. This come from the inherent messiness in free-form writing, which can be a valuable learning tool.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 04 2014, @11:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 04 2014, @11:54AM (#51045)

    writing stuff out by hand engages several parts of the brain at once and you spend more time thinking about it, so you're more likely to remember it.

    No, YOU are more likely to remember it. Because YOU learn that way. I don't. I can't learn and concentrate on taking notes at the same time. I've tried it in school, and I learned absolutely nothing in that subject. Except for the one day I didn't take notes, I still remember what we learned that day.

  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday June 04 2014, @07:34PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday June 04 2014, @07:34PM (#51313) Journal

    I've tried it in school, and I learned absolutely nothing in that subject. Except for the one day I didn't take notes, I still remember what we learned that day.

    Ah, I remember that day! We took the ferry, and I wore an onion tied to my belt, as that was the fashion at the time. Or was it that you wore blue, and the Nazis wore gray? Play it again, Sam!

    I am always amazed at how well people remember having learned nothing. Nothing must really make an impression.