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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Article on the benefits of learning cursive:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/memory-medic/201308/biological-and-psychology-benefits-learning-cursive

http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1977-28241-001

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html?_r=0[/quote]

Not surprisingly, the piece from Psychology Today piece is the typical opinionating anecdotal stuff without any reference to actual research, full of sentences like "The thinking level is magnified in cursive because the specific hand-eye coordination requirements are different for every letter in the alphabet." (huh?) and "because cursive letters are more distinct than printed letters, children may learn to read more easily, especially dyslexics" (again, huh?) and "I am assuming here that cursive is still taught the way I learned it over 50 years ago" (did you consider actually finding out before writing your piece?). I honestly don't know why I even bother to click on anything from Psychology Today. Maybe I think, "But surely this one will be better?" It never is, though.[/quote]

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