Readers with developmental dyslexia show better spelling and nonword-image association performance when novel words are learned through typing rather than handwriting¶
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Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-23 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? Students with developmental dyslexia showed better spelling and nonword-image association performance after learning nonwords through typing than through handwriting. → Cerni 2025
Evidence¶
Cerni 2025¶
Cerni, Tania; Lonciari, Isabella; Job, Remo. (2025). Learning by writing: The influence of handwriting and typing on novel word learning in typically developing readers and readers with dyslexia. LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102119
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The article's Results report that the dyslexia group showed better spelling and nonword-image association performance "when learning occurred through typing"; the abstract states no effect size or test statistic for this contrast.
"Crucially, the DD group showed better spelling and nonword-image association performance when learning occurred through typing."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Writing Skills — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Children with dyslexia show no global handwriting-quality deficit relative to chronological-age and spelling-age matched typically developing children — related
- Typically developing children benefit from both handwriting and typing when learning novel words — related
- Children with dyslexia are more impacted by the graphic complexity of words than both chronological-age and spelling-age matched controls — related
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Readers with developmental dyslexia show better spelling and nonword-image association performance when novel words are learned through typing rather than handwriting |
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Readers with developmental dyslexia show better spelling and nonword-image association performance when novel words are learned through typing rather than handwriting |
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moderate |
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2025 |
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2026-10-23 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-23 |
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1 — cerni-2025 |
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