Handwriting beats typing and watching videos for learning to read

(Johns Hopkins University) Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away the pencils and paper: handwriting helps people learn certain skills surprisingly faster and significantly better than learning the same material through typing or watching videos.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news