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                   Image                      A Brief History of Penmanship on National Handwriting Day                       

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                   Image                      A Brief History of Penmanship on National Handwriting Day                       

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The image was published January 23, 2012. The recent update occured August 22, 2018. The image agrees with my claim. The author/creator of the image is Jennie Cohen. The URL domain .com which gives it a slight chance of being credible. There are no spelling or grammatical errors because it is an image. The image is meant to entertain and teach the viewer.

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                  Image                                                Is the long tradition of cursive handwriting on the way out?     

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                  Image                                                Is the long tradition of cursive handwriting on the way out?     

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This image was published March 17, 2019 at 12:01 am. It has been updated a day later on March 18, 2019 at 11:19 am. This image doesn't agree with my claim. The author/creator of this image is Rick Koster. The URL domain .com is a sign that the information is slightly to almost full credible. There are no grammatical or spelling errors because it is an image. The image is meant to entertain and teach the viewers.

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                  Image                    Many Pa. and N.J. schools no longer teach cursive. Are students missing out on a useful tool?

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                  Image                    Many Pa. and N.J. schools no longer teach cursive. Are students missing out on a useful tool?

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This image was published/updated January 12, 2020. This image supports my claim. The author/authors of this image is Melanie Burney and Kristen A. Graham. The URL domain .com shows a slight chance of the image being credible. There were no errors because it is an image. This image is meant to inform and teach the viewers.

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                    Video                                 Should cursive writing be taught in our schools    

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                    Video                                 Should cursive writing be taught in our schools    

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The video was published April 10, 2019. It hasn't been revised since that date. The video agrees with my claim.The author/creator of the video is KVUE. The URL domain .com is for youtube which is slightly credible but it is different because of the information that can be found in it.  There are no grammatical errors in their speaking in the video. The purpose is to inform the viewers.

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Should cursive writing be taught in our schools?

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                       Image      Reasons schools stopped teaching cursive explained by cartoon 

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This image was published July 13, 2018 and it hasn't been revised. The image agrees with m claim. The author/artist of this image is TFPP Writer. The URL domain .org shows that this is a good source. There were no spelling or grammar errors.

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                 Pro Article                                          5 reasons cursive writing should be taught in school.         

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                 Pro Article                                          5 reasons cursive writing should be taught in school.         

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This article was published November 6, 2012. It has been revised August 2018. The article agrees with me claim, Should cursive writing be taught in school? The author of this article is, "The room 241 team."  The URL domain suffix, ".edu," shows that the article is teaching the readers. The article had no spelling or grammatical errors that could see. Last is that the article is meant to Inform and teach the readers.

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                    Video             Should schools be required to teach cursive handwriting?                 

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                    Video             Should schools be required to teach cursive handwriting?                 

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The video was published October 25, 2019. The video hasn't been revised since. This video agrees with my claim. The author/creator of the video WXYZ-TV Detroit Channel 7.  The URL domain .com is for youtube which is slightly credible but it is different becasue of the information that can be found in it. No grammatical errors. The video is meant to inform the viewer.

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Should schools be required to teach cursive handwriting?

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                Pro Article                                     Why do we need cursive writing?       

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The article was published on July 12, 2018. It has not been revised since that date. The article agrees with my claim and says it should be taught in schools. The author of this article is OCVT. The article's URL domain suffix was, ".Info," so it is  trustable with the right information.  While I was reading the article i didn't come across any spelling or grammatical errors. This article was meant to provide information to the reader.

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benefits-of-cursive | The Optometry Center for Vision Therapy

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Vision Therapist in Austin & San Antonio, TX

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                 Pro Article                                     Why don’t the common-core standards include cursive writing?      

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                 Pro Article                                     Why don’t the common-core standards include cursive writing?      

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The article was published October 17, 2016 at 10:52 am EST and hasn't been revised since. It agrees with my claim. The author is Liana Heitin. The URL domain suffix .org tells that it has trustable information. I didn't find any errors in the article. It is meant to inform us.

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Why don't the common-core standards include cursive writing?

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Should schools teach cursive handwriting? The question is a polarizing one in the K-12 education world.

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                 Image                               Cursive Handwriting Fades  Image #122973    

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This image was published on November 26, 2012 and it hasn't been revised because it is an image. It agrees with my claim. The author/artist is David Granlund. THe domain suffix for the website of this image is .com which means it is used in commercials a lot. No spelling or grammatical errors because it is an image. The image is meant to entertain the people who see this.

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                  Con Article                               Cursive Handwriting will no longer be taught in school because it is a big, old waste of time.        

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                  Con Article                               Cursive Handwriting will no longer be taught in school because it is a big, old waste of time.        

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The article was published November 15, 2013 at 10:52 and it hasn't been updated since. This article doesn't agree with my claim. The author is John Boone. The domain suffix of this article which is .com tells that it has a high chance of being and having credible information. It has no spelling or grammars that I could notice. It also tries to persuade the readers that it shouldn't be taught in school.

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Advocates for learning cursive (including Idaho representative Linden Bateman, 72) argue that "more areas of the human brain are engaged when children use cursive handwriting than when they keyboard."

Bateman continues, "The fluid motion employed when writing script enhances hand-eye coordination and develops fine motor skills, in turn promoting reading, writing and cognition skills."

And if that's the reasons schools taught cursive, sure, fine. That's great. Also, there are plenty of other ways that kids can develop hand-eye coordination that doesn't involve spending a year of their prime development time learning a new alphabet.

But Bateman also argues that forgoing cursive may have much more consequential results: He argues we "will lose the ability to interpret valuable cultural resources-historical documents, ancestors' letters and journals, handwritten scholarship - if they can't read cursive."

"The Constitution of the United States is written in cursive. Think about that," Bateman said.

The Constitution of the United States is also available online, typed out. Not in cursive. Soooooo...We're probably good.

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Cursive Handwriting Will No Longer Be Taught in Schools Because It's a Big, Old Waste of Time - E! Online

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Advocates for learning cursive (including Idaho representative Linden Bateman, 72) argue that "more areas of the human brain are engaged when children use cursive handwriting than when they keyboard." Bateman continues, "The fluid motion employed when writing script enhances hand-eye coordination and develops fine motor skills, in turn promoting reading, writing and cognition skills."

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                Pro Article                             Top 10 reasons to learn cursive.    

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                Pro Article                             Top 10 reasons to learn cursive.    

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The article was published January 2018 and it hasn't been revised up to this day. This article agrees with my claim which is allowing cursive writing to be taught in school. The author is Iris Hatfield. The domain suffix .com tells the reader that this site might have credible to exact information about the topic. It has no grammatical errors, and it is meant to inform the reader.

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Developing an attractive, legible cursive handwriting style certainly has great aesthetic value, but it also has numerous mental, physical, social, and practical benefits. Here are the Top 10 reasons to learn cursive!

1. Improved neural connections. Cursive handwriting stimulates the brain in ways that typing cannot. It improves the dynamic interplay of the left and right cerebral hemispheres, helps build neural pathways, and increases mental effectiveness. According to Virginia Berninge r, a researcher and professor at the University of Washington, "Pictures of brain activity have illustrated that sequential finger movements used in handwriting activated massive regions of the brain involved in thinking, language, and working memory. Handwriting differs from typing because it requires executing sequential finger strokes to form a letter, whereas keyboarding only involves touching a key."

2. Improved ability to read cursive. When individuals cannot read cursive, they are cursively illiterate in their own language. The ability to read cursive is required in many settings.

3. Increased writing speed. The connectivity of a simple cursive style is faster to write than the stop and-start strokes of printing. Speed has been shown to increase attention span during writing. This increases continuity and fluidity in writing, which in turn encourages greater amounts of writing.

4. Improved fine motor skills. "Cursive handwriting naturally develops sensory skills. Through repetition the children begin to understand how much force needs to be applied to the pencil and paper, the positioning of the pencil to paper at the correct angle, and motor planning to form each letter in fluid motion from left to right. This physical and spatial awareness allows them to write, but more importantly, builds the neural foundation of sensory skills needed for a myriad of everyday tasks such as buttoning, fastening, tying shoes, picking up objects, copying words from blackboards, and most importantly, reading." ( Cutting Cursive, The Real Cost. Candace Meyer, CEO, Minds-in-Motion, Inc.)

5. Increased retention. The act of taking notes by hand instead of on a computer encourages a student to process the content and reframe it, which leads to better understanding and retention. Studies indicate that college students remembered information better one week later when they transcribed a paragraph in cursive than when they printed it or used a keyboard.

6. Ease of learning. Printing is more difficult than cursive due to the frequent stop-and-start motion when forming letters. In addition, some printed letters look similar and are easily reversed, like the b and d, which is often confusing to children. Cursive is of particular value to children with learning challenges such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and difficulties with attention.

7. Improved legibility and spelling ability. Cursive requires children to write from left to right so that the letters will join in proper sequence and with proper spacing, making their writing easier to read. It also aids with spelling through muscle memory, as the hand acquires memory of spelling patterns through fluid movements that are used repeatedly. This is the same phenomenon that occurs when pianists learn patterns of hand movements through continued repetition.

8. Increased self-discipline. Cursive handwriting is complex, and is inherently associated with the development of fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Learning cursive prompts children to also develop self-discipline, which is a useful skill in all areas of life.

9. Higher quality signature. Cursive handwriting will improve the attractiveness, legibility, and fluidity of one's signature.

10. Increased self-respect. The ability to master the skill of writing clearly and fluidly improves the students' confidence to communicate freely with the written word. Handwriting is a vital life skill.

Top 10 Reasons to Learn Cursive by Iris Hatfield, author of New American Cursive

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Top 10 Reasons to Learn Cursive - Memoria Press

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Developing an attractive, legible cursive handwriting style certainly has great aesthetic value, but it also has numerous mental, physical, social, and practical benefits. Here are the Top 10 reasons to learn cursive! 1. Improved neural connections. Cursive handwriting stimulates the brain in ways that typing cannot.