Typing Test

If you need to learn something, should you write it – or type it?

Writing something down is still the most effective way to make it stick. Keyboards just can’t compete with pen and paper in the learning department. In a recent test, two groups of adults were asked to learn and write in an unknown alphabet – one group used pen and paper, the other typed. The recall of the writers outscored the typing team hands down. Writing takes more mental effort and taps into a part of our brain that typing doesn’t touch - leaving a much stronger mental imprint of information.