An Interestng Comparison of Print And Cursive

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.