The effects of handwriting experience on functional brain development in pre-literate children
TL;DR: Evidence is presented that brain activation during letter perception is influenced in different, important ways by previous handwriting of letters versus previous typing or tracing of those same letters, which demonstrates that handwriting is important for the early recruitment in letter processing of brain regions known to underlie successful reading.
About: This article is published in Trends in Neuroscience and Education.The article was published on 2012-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 273 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Handwriting & Reading (process).
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TL;DR: It is argued that understanding how brains change across development requires understanding the interplay between behavior and brain networks: changing bodies and activities modify the statistics of inputs to the brain; these changing inputs mold brain networks; and these networks, in turn, promote further change in behavior and input.
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TL;DR: This article reviewed the literature on handwriting and its place in early childhood education and made a call for researchers to continue examining the role of handwriting in the early education and development of young children and for practitioners to develop and implement programs they know to be best practice in teaching early handwriting or handwriting readiness skills.
Abstract: Early fine motor writing skills are quickly becoming recognized as an important school readiness skill associated with later academic success (Dinehart and Manfra, 2013; Grissmer et al., 2010; Son and Meisels, 2006). Yet, little is known about the development of handwriting, the extent to which it is of value in the early childhood classroom and the best means by which to teach handwriting, or at least handwriting readiness, to young children. The current work reviews the literature on handwriting and its place in early childhood education. Overall, this article serves as a call for (a) researchers to continue examining the role of handwriting in the early education and development of young children and (b) practitioners to develop and implement programmes they know to be best practice in teaching early handwriting or handwriting ‘readiness’ skills.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the costs and benefits of everyday multitasking (e.g., driving, studying, multimedia learning) are examined in relation to the classic experimental literatures on divided attention in task switching and dual-task performance.
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TL;DR: The majority indicate that handwriting outperforms keyboarding in early writing, and some implications for further research are provided, and suggestions in particular in terms of methodological challenges are provided.
Abstract: In the light of the continuing digital revolution in education and learning in general, and in literacy instruction in particular, the purpose of this review is to assess the emerging literature on such digital writing tools as computers and tablets compared with traditional writing tools like pen(cil) and paper, on early writing outcomes among first writers. We limited our review to studies published in international peer-reviewed journals during the last decade, within different theoretical perspectives. We identified a relatively small number of studies that can be categorized, as qualitative studies applying a case study design or within-subject design, and as quantitative studies, either quasi-experimental or cohort studies. These studies can be located within three research perspectives: 1) cognitive psychology, 2) neuroscience and learning and 3) socio-cultural theoretical perspective. While findings across the three perspectives were inconsistent, they were rather consistent within each perspective. While studies with a cognitive psychological and those with neuroscience and learning perspective point in favor of handwriting, studies with a socio-cultural perspective rather point in favor of digital writing. The studies that used a cognitive psychology and neuroscience and learning approach applied quasi-experimental or cohort designs, while studies based on a socio-cultural perspective mainly were qualitative. When analyzing the studies regarding methodological quality we found three flaws: small sample size (of quantitative studies); a lack of nesting effects; and inadequately controlling for experience for early writing. Facing an interdisciplinary research topic in rapid development, we provide some implications for further research, and suggestions in particular in terms of methodological challenges. We reviewed 10 studies on early writing comparing pen and paper and digital tools.These studies can be located within three theoretical perspectives.The majority indicate that handwriting outperforms keyboarding in early writing.Methodological flaws: inadequate control for experience; lack of nesting effects.
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27 Jun 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, a pre-service teachers' learning experience in creating teaching media through project activities is presented, and drawbacks that affect the accomplishment process, and examines students' opinion on the project significance through their preferences.
Abstract: Infusing online project to support instruction quality in facing digital learning environment is considered crucial. The contribution of teacher-made tools, however, are still important to maintain regarding to the diverse area condition in the technology development. This paper presents pre-service teachers’ learning experience in creating teaching media through project activities. This study also investigates the drawbacks that affect the accomplishment process, and examines students’ opinion on the project significance through their preferences. Various perceptions were expressed during the implementation which implies that in preparing the teacher candidates to be ready in facing digital generation, educators need to bring technology closer to the students without leaving the essential part of teacher-made teaching aids with low cost materials.
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Abstract: The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), on the medial surface of the frontal lobes of the brain, is widely believed to be involved in the regulation of attention. Beyond this, however, its specific contribution to cognition remains uncertain. One influential theory has interpreted activation within the ACC as reflecting 'selection-for-action', a set of processes that guide the selection of environmental objects as triggers of or targets for action. We have proposed an alternative hypothesis, in which the ACC serves not to exert top-down attentional control but instead to detect and signal the occurrence of conflicts in information processing. Here, to test this theory against the selection-for-action theory, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure brain activation during performance of a task where, for a particular subset of trials, the strength of selection-for-action is inversely related to the degree of response conflict. Activity within the ACC was greater during trials featuring high levels of conflict (and weak selection-for-action) than during trials with low levels of conflict (and strong selection-for-action), providing evidence in favour of the conflict-monitoring account of ACC function.
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