Cursive handwriting has been taught in American schools for the past 300 years and once was the principle way of communicating (Blazer, 2010). The declining emphasis of learning cursive handwriting can be attributed technological advances. The debate over the value of handwriting instruction didn’t start with the introduction of the computer; it dates back to the debut of the Remington typewriter in 1873 and is revived with each new technological advance, including the Dictaphone, the Xerox machine, and finally, computers (Blazer, 2010).
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In her article Blazer (2010) notes several reasons to teach cursive writing: learning cursive writing helps students develop reading, communication, and fine motor skills, students
Breen (2013) points to the fact that few schools make keyboards available for day-to-day writing. The majority of schoolwork, from taking notes to essay tests, is still done by hand. According to Vanderbilt University professor Steve Graham, who cites multiple studies showing that sloppy writing routinely leads to lower grades, even in papers with the same wording as those written in a neater hand (Breen, 2013). Blazer (2010) also lists reasons for eliminating the teaching of cursive writing: cursive handwriting is becoming irrelevant and obsolete with the rise of technology, standardized tests don’t require the use of cursive handwriting, typing is more efficient, cursive writing is very difficult for some have found that most schools teach cursive handwriting in the latter part of second grade or in third grade. The majority of teachers report spending 12-15 minutes per day teaching cursive handwriting. However, school districts vary significantly in the amount of handwriting instruction they provide to students (Blazer, 2010). Although there is great academic debate over the benefit of teaching handwriting and cursive handwriting more specific, it seems that a majority of schools across the nation still deem it worthy to be taught. Karadag (2014) discusses the impact that learning cursive writing has on curriculum as well as the individual learner, “It is acknowledged that cursive writing provides various benefits for teaching and mental development. The national and international studies in the literature reveal the positive effects of cursive handwriting: such as making writing faster, recognizing words easily and distinguishing numbers and markings easily, preventing syllabication, supporting kinesthetic intelligence as well as mental and physical development, improving attention span and in- depth thinking skills.” In juxtaposition to Karadag’s statement Blazer (2010) notes, “studies have found that typing, which uses an easier set of motor skills, allows students to spend more time focusing on the planning, grammar, and composition of their writing and less time
As was previously stated, The Handwriting Debate reveals that handwriting helps students retain memory more effectively than keyboarding. One study by Virginia Berninger, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, compared students who took notes by hand versus classmates who took n...
In conclusion, Cursive writing is very well out dated. We use technology now more than ever. Maybe a new common core standard should be computer skills. As cursive writing holds no benefits to students. The truth comes out, cursive writing has essentially disapeared. So why ever bring it
...he Constitution or Declaration of Independence- the very documents that contain the values and morals of our country. Cursive handwriting is no longer taught in many schools, thus impairing student’s ability to create neural passageways, improve fluency, and gain dexterity. Sure, there is no particular daily need for the delicate script, but letting the writing go extinct is unethical. Many countries describe the USA as lazy and culture poor- we need to prove these other nations wrong. Not only for the benefit of getting a better reputation, but also because we respect our language and want to preserve it for future generations. The death of cursive can cease. There is a vaccine, a cure, an antidote. This cure? Teaching the language in schools once again, typing less and scribing more, and most importantly informing individuals about the value of this set of ABC’s.
With technology on the rise students will be spending more time typing, and less time actually writing. Rafael Guerrero states in his article “Are We Seeing the Death of Cursive?” that “[I]n the minds of some, the need for teachers to spend more time getting students to meet state standards and master computer technology has made cursive less relevant.” A large concern for teachers today is to get students to the point of being able to satisfy state standards rather than teaching them material which will benefit them in the future. Teaching third graders how to write in cursive has been one of the main lessons taught for years. Just because the technology is on the rise it should not mean that children do not get the same education generations before have received. Depriving children of this knowledge would be unfair. Students need this writing skill in order to read historical documents from the past. Students will also need to know it when they take the PSAT and SAT in high school for the written statement. Teaching young children how to write in a whole new form of writing is a daunting task, but it is a necessity for them to be able to develop properly and succeed in
Does anyone know what the leading cause to less cursive writing is? Well, I'll tell you! Studies show that teachers have no time for cursive, teachers are too busy readying kids for the next level of teaching. They also have to worry about grading and teaching cursive the right way. In my experience of cursive writing we spent about 10 minutes a day for probably only 3 days and we never got finished, until we moved on to something else more important. Upper level teachers are wanting kids to be ready at any cost and that leaves us why we don’t have time for cursive.
Cursive writing is very important, even though its not required by law because kids have there phones and computers and all other technology and internet so kids don’t really write much unless they are in school then kids have to write. But before all the technology experts said, handwriting is being sacrificed for the sake of technology's convenience. And what that means is technology ruined cursive and regular handwriting because all kids and some adults have to do is press "send" and then its that simple they don’t need to write in any kind of handwriting if all they have to do is press send. Some kids even have auto correct on there phones, so they don’t have to worry about spelling things correct.
Why shouldn’t cursive be in school? Most young children grow up hoping to learn to write the beautiful loops called cursive, but these days it’s getting used less and less; we need to get to the bottom of it. Cursive use to be used worldwide, but is being used less and less each year. Many of the children in modern day don’t know how to read or write cursive well, or rarely at all, but why?
...rner. Teachers simply don’t have enough time to teach handwriting. We want students to be able to express themselves, and be assessed on this skill, yet these same students have to rely on electronic devices not only for writing, but for grammar and vocabulary. Most schools don’t have funding to place a computer in every student’s hands, so they should not be asked to replace writing with typing. Learning to write by hand should be taught in elementary school because of its impact on learning to read, self-expression and higher education.
In my honest opinon, I think that cursive should still be taught in schools. In the first passage of "Cursive Is a Brain Tool", they ask if cursive is not important anymore. They give very good reasons on why we should still teach it. In the first passage of "Cursive Is a Twenty-First Centry Dinosaur", they also ask why we should even value cursive. Well, in my next paragraph I am going to tell you why we should still value cursive more than we should vaule typing.
Thesis: Cursive writing should be taught in school because children today only know how to hashtag and text. Very few actually know how to write in cursive. Learning cursive will enhance students’ spelling ability and reading skills. It will also help students with learning disabilities.
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By not teaching children how to read and write in cursive at a young age is neglecting parts of their brains that are important to learning and to thinking. If we stop teaching this way of writing, they will be losing their ability to use that part of their brain to its full potential. If we completely give up on writing on paper and we begin to rely on only typing and computers, we may not be actually learning the things that are of basic knowledge. I wouldn’t want our next generation to end up that
Do you think cursive writing should still be taught in schools? In my opinion, cursive writing should be taught in all schools. To begin with, it gives us skill we need later in life. Secondly, students will be faster note takers if they learn cursive. Most importantly, cursive forms functional specializations.
Wow look at this, writing in cursive is 50% literacy and there is not enough old-fashioned being taught in schools, whether it’s cursive, manuscript, or typed. In my opinion I strongly believe that cursive should still be taught in schools today. Because you need to be able to read cursive. You also need to learn how to write your signature, and even learn a valuable skill. So, that’s why I think we should learn cursive in schools today.
Should cursive be taught in schools? Cursive should not be taught in schools. Computers are advancing and everything is becoming electronic. Cursive is not being taught in many schools and so we do not need it any more. We do not need cursive anymore because we already know how to write in print and we do not need to remember more stuff because it will not help us that much.