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Reply to "Things public schools no longer teach and why?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think teaching handwriting also boosted kids’ fine motor skills, attention to detail, and attention span. Sadly lacking in so many now.[/quote] But you acknowledge that printing is just as good as cursive for this purpose, right? I've seen a fair amount of cursive advocacy that conflates the benefits from learning how to do any handwriting with those benefits from learning cursive specifically. [/quote] Likely - provided letter formation is actually taught correctly. Handwriting is much easier, faster, and legible when letters are formed correctly, which is often not the way people actually not the way people do them. But there is also a rhythm and fluidity to cursive that easier for people to execute vs. printing. When it comes to attention span, people might be able write in cursive far longer than they could print because it’s less taxing.[/quote]
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