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6 Reasons Why Should Stick To Hand-writing And Less Techology by ybase2: 3:58pm On Oct 08, 2018
The emergence of technology https://myjobdesk.ng/ has reduced the use of pencils and pens for writing, jotting or penning down ideas. The Common Core standards dominating education these days only call for teaching legible handwriting, and only in kindergarten. After that, students spend their time learning to use keyboards.
That might seem like a good thing.

But a growing body of scientific evidence seems to show that the all the older people lamenting the death of penmanship are on to something.

Whether or not they actually do much writing by hand in later life, learning to write by hand and do it well — in cursive as well as print — has measurable benefits for kids’ brains.

Here are just a few:

1. Children who learn to hand write also learn to read better



“Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they also remain better able to generate ideas and retain information,” writes psychologist and author Maria Konnikova in an article in The New York Times.

And many people, children and adults alike, have experienced the ironic phenomenon where writing something down stores it in your memory so that you no longer need the note you’ve just written. It works best if you write whatever it is by hand.

2. Writing cursive activates a particular part of your brain
Recent research has shown that typing, printing letters, and writing them in cursive active three different portions of the brains. For your children to have fully active brains, they should do all three.

3. It increases creativity
A study at the University of Washington showed that children who compose text by hand rather than on a keyboard not only wrote more quickly but also more ideas as a result. And what type of handwriting you use does matter.

The College Board found that students who wrote the essay portion of their SAT tests in cursive did slightly better than those who printed their letters.

4. They learn fine motor skills
Classes that teach children fine motor skills and how to use our incredibly complex and powerful hands will make a big difference to the rest of their lives.

In these days when art and craft classes, as well as music, are disappearing from many secondary schools, learning cursive and penmanship still gives children the chance to learn those fine motor skills.

5. It may help prevent dyslexia
Research shows that writing cursive may help prevent dysgraphia, in which people have trouble correctly writing letters, and that it may prevent common reversals, such as confusing b and d.
Re: 6 Reasons Why Should Stick To Hand-writing And Less Techology by LordIsaac(m): 4:27pm On Oct 08, 2018
Team handwriting!

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