I received a message yesterday from my friend and fellow proponent of cursive instruction, Don Potter. It included the link below which lead to the forum on Liz Brown's web site. She has set up an interesting comparison of print and cursive handwriting styles.
The idea is to time yourself as you write two sentences from the Gettysburg address. You write the text once in cursive and once in print, measuring the time it takes each way. Liz has set up a poll to gather responses. Participants are asked to vote twice, once to indicate their preferred handwriting style, and again to report which style was faster with the amount of time measured.
I was quite surprised by the outcome I measured. Don indicated that he was also surprised by his measures. Click here to give it a try.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
The Cursive Fluency Project
The Cursive Fluency Project survey study has begun. Close to ninety teachers have registered to participate and slowly but surely are getting started with the special exercises provided in the Fluency Builder Kit. It is not too late to get involved so please read on.
If you have students in grade four or higher, who are reluctant or unable to use cursive despite having studied the process, you can learn about the project, watch a video demonstrating the exercise procedure, register for the project and download the free materials kit from the project web page.
The 12-week exercise program uses high-frequency words that all intermediate students should already know. You can begin at any time. Data can be submitted for the study until the end of March 2012. We encourage your participation.
If you suspect that cursive should be a better tool for composition than primary-grade printing, this exercise program just might enable fluent use of cursive for your students. It won't cost more than a little time to find out if this program can help. Limited early data indicates the exercise process begins to produce results quickly. The kit explains the one-minute testing process that produces an objective measure of handwriting fluency.
Interested teachers, classroom and homeschool, should visit the Peterson Handwriting web site and use the contact link to request access to the project web page.
If you have students in grade four or higher, who are reluctant or unable to use cursive despite having studied the process, you can learn about the project, watch a video demonstrating the exercise procedure, register for the project and download the free materials kit from the project web page.
The 12-week exercise program uses high-frequency words that all intermediate students should already know. You can begin at any time. Data can be submitted for the study until the end of March 2012. We encourage your participation.
If you suspect that cursive should be a better tool for composition than primary-grade printing, this exercise program just might enable fluent use of cursive for your students. It won't cost more than a little time to find out if this program can help. Limited early data indicates the exercise process begins to produce results quickly. The kit explains the one-minute testing process that produces an objective measure of handwriting fluency.
Interested teachers, classroom and homeschool, should visit the Peterson Handwriting web site and use the contact link to request access to the project web page.
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