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A Wisconsin teacher predicts that someday, paper will be entirely replaced by electronic tools in the classroom. She said that many of her students do not like using paper because they have become so accustomed to using computers.
According to the Everest Herald, Vanderbilt University professor Steve Graham fears that this trend will make handwriting instruction obsolete in K-12 schools. Graham, who is a national expert on handwriting in education, said that penmanship lessons in public schools generally tail off following the third grade.
He added that handwriting is an important part of student's prowess. If a child can write fast and legibly, he or she can get more ideas on paper.
"If you have to think about your handwriting, those are cognitive resources that can't be used for other things," Graham said.
One senior at a Wisconsin-based high school said that he recalls practicing his penmanship at least once a week when he was in elementary school. He suggested that one day, cursive will only be used to write a signature.
Researchers at the University of Washington found that children in grades two, four and six wrote more words and expressed more ideas in essays that were written by hand versus a keyboard. |
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