“For older kids who never developed legible manuscript writing but recognize letters, cursive can feel like a fresh start,” she added. Developing automaticity Whether students learn manuscript or ...

Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old practice, especially for kids.

Like Levine, Warschauer, director of the university’s Digital Learning Lab, said he believes ChatGPT can help students who struggle with writing to organize their ideas, and edit and revise their ...

“Kids might begin to see language as 100 percent formulaic, and that takes a lot of the fun and purpose out of the writing process,” she said. “As long as kids are writing in context, meaning that ...

Luckily, he says, PBS Kids had provided a very thorough explanation. “I was like, ‘Okay, so it’s a literacy show, but it doesn’t talk about letters and reading and writing,’” he says. “It’s about ...