A recent AP article chronicled what many of us have been saying for a long time: that cursive is a fading skill and as such is receiving less and less attention in the classroom. But this article had one quote from Vanderbilt professor Steve Graham that really made me laugh.
“Most people peak in terms of [cursive] legibility in 4th grade.”
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September 29, 2009 at 7:09 pm |
But their printing peaks in first grade, and I’m tired of trying to decode chicken scratch. Or maybe I have a classroom full of future doctors?
Actually this year is not so bad, but they are also the first group of full-day kindergarten to make it up to fifth grade. Coincidence?
December 2, 2009 at 8:31 am |
The only cursive that my 11th grade daughter has done since elementary school was the “I did not cheat” statement she had to write in cursive for the SAT.