Handwriting & Literacy Research
“The quality of written communication skills is closely tied to overall literacy and academic success.”
McCarroll, H., & Fletcher, T. (2017). Does handwriting instruction have a place in the Instructional Day? the relationship between handwriting quality and academic success. Cogent Education, 4(1), 1386427. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186x.2017.1386427 “The delicate and precisely controlled movements in handwriting contribute to the brain’s activation patterns related to learning.”
Ose Askvik, E., van der Weel, F. R., & van der Meer, A. L. (2020). The importance of cursive handwriting over typewriting for learning in the classroom: A high-density EEG study of 12-year-old children and young adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01810 “Handwriting increases letter recognition and letter memory more than other forms of learning.”
James, K. H., & Engelhardt, L. (2012). The effects of handwriting experience on functional brain development in pre-literate children. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 1(1), 32–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. tine.2012.08.001 “Learning to form letters by hand contributes to better reading and spelling.”
Berninger, V. (2012). Strengthening the Mind’s Eye. Principal. https://www.naesp.org/ “Students with strong handwriting skills have shown to be better more creative writers.”
Saperstein, 2012 & Peverly 2012
Peverly, S. (2012). “The Relationship of Transcription Speed and Other Cognitive Variables to Note-Taking and Test Performance.” Presented at Handwriting in the 21st Century? An Educational Summit, Washington, DC, January 23.
Saperstein Associates. 2012. “Handwriting in the 21st Century? Research Shows Why Handwriting Belongs in Today’s Classroom: A Summary of Research Presented at Handwriting in the 21st Century? An Educational Summit.” http://sapersteinassociates.com/data/2_29_HW_Summit_White_Paper_eVersion.pdf