I feel like this has been said before quite a bit but a lot of people always make excuses about how they’re the exception.
My the exception?
Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
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Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#12I made a point in college of taking handwritten notes (focusing on what I didn't know) and handwritten test cheat-sheets (even if they weren't allowed, simply as an exercise in summarizing). It helped in memorization and understanding tremendously.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#13Interesting! Explains that even though I've used a laptop since 1992 to do school work because of my learning disabilities(Dysgraphia, mid-line problems, poor fine motor control) I still prefer to hand write my notes. Even if I never read them I noticed that just the act of doing them helps me remember things. I might not remember the source but I can remember the act of note taking. I've noticed the same thing with…
Multimodality reinforces each other. Action, speech, listening, all helping to let us understand a subject better.
This is why I think AI chatbots have so much potential for education. Every student can have extended dialogue about the topic and really exercise those neurons.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Multimodality reinforces each other. Action, speech, listening, all helping to let us understand a subject better.
This is why I think AI chatbots have so much potential for education. Every student can have extended dialogue about the topic and really exercise those neurons.
I think the widespread use of that for education would have precisely the opposite outcome that you'd want.
Nothing sinks in to anyones brain because they're not actually talking about it and they don't need to actually learn it for any reason in school because they can just ask the chatbot again at any moment.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#15Could a factor be that most people primarily typewrite now so it’s second nature muscle memory but the handwriting task requires just a little extra effort? I didn't see preexisting disposition factored in at all, so I’m curious.
I think it's actually the opposite - most people can't touch type, so they spend more time and concentration trying to type, which means less focus on the actual content. I would think that handwriting is more muscle memory for most people, thus they can focus more on what they're writing, making connections to it, etc.
I didn't read the paper but does this mean if one learns to touch type then there's no difference?
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#16Could a factor be that most people primarily typewrite now so it’s second nature muscle memory but the handwriting task requires just a little extra effort? I didn't see preexisting disposition factored in at all, so I’m curious.
I think it's actually the opposite - most people can't touch type, so they spend more time and concentration trying to type, which means less focus on the actual content. I would think that handwriting is more muscle memory for most people, thus they can focus more on what they're writing, making connections to it, etc.
There aren’t any information in this study about if there were any touch typists. This would be an interesting variable to test for.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's actually the opposite - most people can't touch type, so they spend more time and concentration trying to type, which means less focus on the actual content. I would think that handwriting is more muscle memory for most people, thus they can focus more on what they're writing, making connections to it, etc.
There aren’t any information in this study about if there were any touch typists. This would be an interesting variable to test for.
The typewriting participants were explicitly not touch typing - they were instructed to... type with a single index finger...
> participants were instructed to either (a) write in cursive with their right hand the presented word with a digital pen directly on the screen, or (b) type the presented word using the right index finger on the keyboard.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's actually the opposite - most people can't touch type, so they spend more time and concentration trying to type, which means less focus on the actual content. I would think that handwriting is more muscle memory for most people, thus they can focus more on what they're writing, making connections to it, etc.
I didn't read the paper but does this mean if one learns to touch type then there's no difference?
I'm not saying that, but I think it would bear consideration, which the study does not do.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is why I think AI chatbots have so much potential for education. Every student can have extended dialogue about the topic and really exercise those neurons.
I think the widespread use of that for education would have precisely the opposite outcome that you'd want. Nothing sinks in to anyones brain because they're not actually talking about it and they don't need to actually learn it for any reason in school because they can just ask the chatbot again at any moment.
and that is a problem because?
i remember when maths teachers would scold me for not knowing my multiplication tables “are you going to carry a calculator around with you every day?” they would say when seeing me use one. Turns out i do.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#20Takes more brain cells to handwrite. I'd be interested in brain activity of qwerty vs dvorak keyboards, now there's a study