One thing that has not been discussed here and in the previous cursive post is what cursive writing can do for you or any student.
When we write by hand we are working more areas of a brain than if we simply type or speak. We work the artistic side as well as the portions that control language. The movement of our hand is very different than the pushing motion of typing, again engaging more of our faculties.
Students who have problems with word problems may improve if they write out, in long hand, how they do any problem. In other words, write out, in sentence form, every step for performing 450 divided by 12. What happens is the synapse, the minute connections in our brains, are created or strengthened by using portions of our brains already developed but not connected. The student can count and do basic math functions and the student can speak, but the portions of the brain that perform those operations are very different and lack connections. By creating connections between those portions performance improves.
Improvement is seen in music and art when students write about what they do as well as doing it. The Cleveland Browns saw improvement when they had the players use notebook in lieu of tablets.
Writing also improves more rapidly when it is done long hand rather than on a key board. I have had very good success with students copying, long hand, lengthy sections of books the exemplify good writing. The improvement is much less when typed.
Because we are using more of our brains when we write by hand, evidence suggests that it may slow or prevent dementia.
Writing in long hand also causes us to plan in advance what we write. Because the process of rewriting is more laborious we tend to be more careful, to make notes, to create outlines, to make note cards, etc, before we write, creating a more thoughtful piece of work and in the end a better piece of work.
The real reason they are dropping things like this from the public school curriculum is because they are more interested in indoctrination than in teaching the basics let alone any real skill. Also, the track record of public schools suggests they are rather incapable of teaching much of anything.
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