A new study published in Acta Psychologica has found that handwriting provides significant advantages over visual learning when it comes to helping elementary school students acquire new English words, particularly their shapes, sounds, and meanings.
Scientists have long argued that handwriting engages the brain differently than typing or visual learning alone, due to how handwriting combines multiple senses. Writing requires the individual to see the letters, guide their hand movements, and feel the pen or pencil, making the learning process deeply engaging. By contrast, reading words on a screen or page relies solely on visual input, which might not create as strong a memory.
https://www.psypost.org/handwriting-trumps-visual-learning-for-teaching-english-to-children/
