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It makes no sense, you cannot be adept at science unless you are highly literate, learning cursive helps improve literacy; verbal, reading, and writing) proficiency. That is scientific fact. How can one be so proSTEM and anti-science at the same time??[/quote]

Could you post some links to some of this research that learning cursive, specifically, helps improve literacy and verbal proficiency? Not handwriting in general - specifically cursive. For children without particular special needs.[/quote]

Yes, please because all I have is anecdata that shows the opposite: two highly literate kids who can't write English cursive.[/quote]

Sure here you both go.

The first is a chapter from a textbook on writing developmental theory.  I was above to find a link to pdf version of the chapter which is listed directly below it:

http://sk.sagepub.com/reference/hdbk_writingdev/n20.xml

https://schools.utah.gov/file/8e185248-724f-4c01-a9a3-15d7442a10e8

Here is a NYT article covering similar material:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html
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Those are are about [i]handwriting[/i], not specifically about cursive. Handwriting includes printing. [/quote]

Also, the Times article specifically mentions that the research supports that cursive may offer different benefits. In particular this quote:

"In alexia, or impaired reading ability, some individuals who are unable to process print can still read cursive, and vice versa — suggesting that the two writing modes activate separate brain networks and engage more cognitive resources than would be the case with a single approach."

So, perhaps you should be a less dismissive of PP's suggestion, particularly as you have added no scholarly publication or contrary evidence.

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