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New research finds children perform better at handwriting than typing despite screen time - ABC News (Australia)
New research finds primary school age children produce longer and higher quality texts when writing by hand rather than typing.
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Those who know me know how much the idiotic decision/trend to end teaching cursive writing in schools triggers me. As a medical professional who knows a thing or two about how this helps develop brain pathways in the young and also the risks of having people around who can't read even a line or two of basic handwriting. I'll spare the recitation of two examples but...
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