Dr. Brisk has worked closely with K-8 schools to develop a genre-based writing program for their schools, preparing teachers and researching children’s writing development. Using a genre-based ...

Brain research shows that teaching handwriting has positive effects on letter learning, word reading, spelling and composing (James & Berninger, 2019). These findings may not be appealing to many ...

She recommended introducing a small group of letters and having students practice reading and writing words using them. White recommends teachers avoid asking students to spell words containing ...

A common core of subjects was arrived at, but handwriting was left out. Schools stopped teaching handwriting, and likewise, by 2011 teaching colleges stopped teaching teachers how to teach ...

An elementary school teacher smartly used food to teach her students a lesson. Kayleigh Sloan teaches a creative writing class to first and second-graders. To teach a valuable lesson about where ...

Ask students to anticipate their readers’ questions and address them within their writing. Teach students to present their main points early, rather than burying arguments in dense, convoluted prose.

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce recently updated its five-year-old guidance for school districts that want to teach handwriting and cursive. Some districts in Northeast Ohio are ...

Handwriting was a prized art form that required formal training. During the 1800s and 1900s, chalkboards were commonly used to teach beginning handwriting skills. “In the 1900s, typically one to ...