Drawing is a cognitive tool that makes the invisible contents of mental life visible. Humans
use this tool to produce a remarkable variety of pictures, from realistic portraits to schematic …

Many students use laptops to take notes in classes, but does using them impact later test
performance? In a high-profile investigation comparing note-taking writing on paper versus …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

To write by hand, to type, or to draw–which of these strategies is the most efficient for optimal
learning in the classroom? As digital devices are increasingly replacing traditional writing by …

School reform is an important national and international concern. The Montessori alternative
school system is unique in that it is well-aligned with the science of healthy development …

It is widely acknowledged that higher education is failing to meet the needs of students and
employers, while educational costs and student debt are rapidly increasing. Our aim was to …

Learning to write is challenging for young children, as they must integrate their still-
developing fine motor skills with an understanding of written language to produce a mark …

In this perspective piece, we briefly review embodied cognition and embodied learning. We
then present a translational research model based on this research to inform teachers …

More than 100 years ago, an Italian physician began designing an education system with
the expressed purpose of helping children thrive to their full potential, rather than pass tests …

Handwriting instruction commonly involves the practice of non-linguistic writing-like patterns.
Here, we compare the transfer to Arabic sentence-writing of different practice scheduling of …