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 ...

Usually, I write drafts on a computer because I type faster than I write, and because I can name the document, file it on my computer, and find it afterward. But in class, when I give a freewrite ...

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 ...

Most 2nd graders practice the Christopher Columbus method of typing–“find a key and land on it”–but Guatam Vangipuram’s tiny hands fly across his computer keyboard with impressive speed. The ...

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