【阅读理解DoAmericanchildrenstilllearnhandwritinginschool?Intheageofthekeyboardsomepeopleseemtothinkhandwritinglessonsareonthewayout．90％ofteacherssaytheyarerequi】

　　阅读理解

　　DoAmericanchildrenstilllearnhandwritinginschool?Intheageofthekeyboardsomepeopleseemtothinkhandwritinglessonsareonthewayout．90％ofteacherssaytheyarerequiredtoteachhandwriting．Butstudieshaveyettoanswerthequestionofhowwelltheyareteachingit．Onestudypublishedthisyearfoundthataboutthreeoutofeveryfourteacherssaytheyarenotpreparedtoteachhandwriting．Someteachersareteachinghandwritingbyprovidinginstructionfor10to15minutesadayandthenotherteacherswhobasicallyteachitfor60to70minutesaday－whichreallyforhandwritingisprettymuch．

　　Manyadultsrememberlearningthatway－bycopyinglettersoverandoveragain．Today'sthinkingisthatshortperiodsofpracticearebetter．Manyexpertsalsothinkhandwritingshouldnotbetaughtbyitself．Insteadtheysayitshouldbeusedasawaytogetstudentstoexpressideas．Afterallthatiswhywewrite．

　　Handwritinginvolvestwoskills．Oneislegibilitywhichmeansformingtheletterssotheycanberead．Theotherisfluency－writingwithouthavingtothinkaboutit．Fluencycontinuestodevelopupuntilhighschool．

　　Butnoteveryonemasterstheseskills．Teacherscommonlyreportthataboutonefourthoftheirkidshavepoorhandwriting．Somepeoplemightthinkhandwritingisnotimportantanymorebecauseofcomputersandvoicerecognitionprograms．

　　ButSteveGrahamatVanderbiltsayswordprocessingisrarelydoneinelementaryschoolespeciallyintheearlyyears．Americanchildrentraditionallyfirstlearntoprintandthentowriteincursivewhichconnectstheletters．ButguesswhatwelearnedfromaspokeswomanfortheCollegeBoardwhichadministerstheSATcollegeadmissiontest．Morethan75percentofstudentschoosetoprinttheiressayonthetestratherthanwriteincursive．

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