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Scott Sherman, a teacher at Earl D. Taft Elementary School, sees his kindergarten students come in with well-developed thumbs from playing with electronics, but says they have difficulty gripping a ...

We modern humans tend to take writing for granted, and often forget that like any other technology, somebody had to invent it. Researchers from Cambridge believe they’ve determined the purpose of one ...

Once an essential life skill, writing by hand is now saved for special occasions like wedding invitations. Sometimes, we do it when we need to scribble down a quick note. As we observed generational ...

Children today are growing up surrounded by technology. So it’s easy to assume they will be able to write effectively using a keyboard. But our research suggests this is not necessarily true. We need ...

Research reveals that handwriting is more than just putting pen to paper, and that it may be a secret mirror of our personalities. In a world increasingly dominated by digital communication, the art ...

Old family letters don’t have to stay stuck in the past. With just your phone, you can turn cursive handwriting into digital text you can save, edit, and share in seconds.