Accuracy in retrieving orthographic and semantic information is not significantly affected by time spent handwriting or typing during learning¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Accuracy in retrieving orthographic and semantic information was not significantly affected by the time spent handwriting or typing during learning. → 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

q3 · i? · causal · r?

The study reports this null finding for writing duration during learning; no effect size is printed, so the finding indicates the study did not detect an effect rather than measuring a negligible one.

"Accuracy in retrieving orthographic and semantic information was not significantly affected by the time spent handwriting or typing during learning."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Writing Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

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