tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post6870104195836621673..comments2024-03-27T19:51:28.984-07:00Comments on The Burrow: Cursive WritingAshleigh Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-51426247654516674272014-03-25T01:08:07.959-07:002014-03-25T01:08:07.959-07:00We additionally lament the actual moving associate...We additionally lament the actual moving associated with cursive coaching, most likely simply because We loved training just about all penmanship a lot within my profession as well as appreciate stunning piece of software. It might be excellent to determine an example of the cursive composing.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://fifa14.mmo18.com/" rel="nofollow">Fifa 14 Ultimate Team Coins</a><a href="http://lol.mmo18.com/" rel="nofollow">League of Legends elo boost</a>Fifa 14 Coinshttp://fifa14.mmo18.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-74790031670805739692014-01-28T22:07:13.505-07:002014-01-28T22:07:13.505-07:00Handwriting matters — but does cursive matter? The...Handwriting matters — but does cursive matter? The fastest, clearest handwriters join only some letters: making the easiest joins, skipping others, using print-like forms of letters whose cursive and printed forms disagree. (Sources below.)<br /><br />Reading cursive matters, but even children can be taught to read writing that they are not taught to produce. Reading cursive can be taught in just 30 to 60 minutes — even to five- or six-year-olds, once they read ordinary print. (In fact, now there's even an iPad app to teach how: named "Read Cursive," of course — http://appstore.com/readcursive .) So why not simply teach children to read cursive — along with teaching other vital skills, including some handwriting style that's actually typical of effective handwriters?<br /><br />Educated adults increasingly quit cursive. In 2012, handwriting teachers were surveyed at a conference hosted by Zaner-Bloser, a publisher of cursive textbooks. Only 37 percent wrote in cursive; another 8 percent printed. The majority — 55 percent — wrote a hybrid: some elements resembling print-writing, others resembling cursive. When even most handwriting teachers do not themselves use cursive, why mandate it?<br /><br />Cursive's cheerleaders sometimes allege that cursive makes you smarter, makes you graceful, adds brain cells, or confers other blessings no more prevalent among cursive users than elsewhere. Some claim research support — but when (rarely) offered, they offer citations, looking up the original research consistently proves that it was misquoted or otherwise misrepresented by the claimant.<br /><br /><br />What about signatures? In state and federal law, cursive signatures have no special legal validity over any other kind. (Hard to believe? Ask any attorney!)<br /><br />Questioned document examiners (these are specialists in the identification of signatures, the verification of documents, etc.) inform me that the least forgeable, most individualizanle signatures are the plainest — including those that are printed.<br />Most cursive signatures are loose scrawls: the rest, if they follow the rules of cursive at all, are fairly complicated: these make a forger's life easy.<br />All writing, not just cursive, is individual — just as all writing involves fine motor skills. That is why, a few months into the school year, any first-grade teacher can immediately identify (from print-writing on unsigned work) which student produced it.<br /><br />Mandating cursive to preserve handwriting resembles mandating stovepipe hats and crinolines to preserve the art of tailoring.<br /><br /><br />SOURCES:<br /><br />Handwriting research on speed and legibility:<br /><br />/1/ Steve Graham, Virginia Berninger, and Naomi Weintraub. “The Relation between Handwriting Style and Speed and Legibility.” JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, Vol. 91, No. 5 (May - June, 1998), pp. 290-296: on-line at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/27542168.pdf<br /><br />/2/ Steve Graham, Virginia Berninger, Naomi Weintraub, and William Schafer. “Development of Handwriting Speed and Legibility in Grades 1-9.”<br />JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, Vol. 92, No. 1 (September - October, 1998), pp. 42-52: on-line at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/27542188.pdf<br /><br /><br />Zaner-Bloser handwriting survey: Results on-line at http://www.hw21summit.com/media/zb/hw21/files/H2937N_post_event_stats.pdf<br /><br /><br />College Board research breakdown of SAT scores (the cursive/printing information is on page 5)<br />http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2006/cbs-2006_release.pdf<br /><br /><br /><br />[AUTHOR BIO: Kate Gladstone is the founder of Handwriting Repair/Handwriting That Works and the director of the World Handwriting Contest]<br /><br /><br />Yours for better letters,<br /><br />Kate Gladstone<br />Handwriting Repair/Handwriting That Works<br />and the World Handwriting Contest<br />http://www.HandwritingThatWorks.com<br />KateGladstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062492442607584456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-775090783165319722014-01-25T12:05:50.618-07:002014-01-25T12:05:50.618-07:00Who knew ?!? You are fighting the good fight... I...Who knew ?!? You are fighting the good fight... I liked you on FB.<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-25703906716173580512014-01-24T11:40:54.330-07:002014-01-24T11:40:54.330-07:00I also lament the passing of cursive instruction, ...I also lament the passing of cursive instruction, probably because I enjoyed teaching all penmanship so much during my career and admire beautiful script. It would be great to see a sample of your cursive writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-33896619419627230142014-01-24T09:44:36.601-07:002014-01-24T09:44:36.601-07:00Our 3rd grader is learning cursive this year at ou...Our 3rd grader is learning cursive this year at our (Amphi district) school, and I have friends with 3rd graders in other districts who are learning it this year too. I've read several articles about how learning cursive is very good for the brain. Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780558580790539719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-80810234204035651572014-01-24T07:48:01.482-07:002014-01-24T07:48:01.482-07:00Thanks for the great post, Ashleigh! We think curs...Thanks for the great post, Ashleigh! We think cursive is important to learn as well, for many reasons, and you mentioned several of them. We are a national committee that works to restore cursive in our schools, we have partnered with educators, psychologists, therapists, and researchers who also think it's important. We invite you to join us at the Campaign for Cursive! https://www.facebook.com/CampaignForCursivekarategirl88https://www.blogger.com/profile/06104282667849783634noreply@blogger.com