The CursiveLogic Story: How one young man’s simple request inspired a new way to teach cursive handwriting Linda Shrewsbury, President CursiveLogic Presented to the Common Education House Committee, October 11, 2016
The Story
2011: Tutoring Josh at the Ministry Center
2014: Celebrating CursiveLogic with Josh
January 2015: Josh at the Kickstarter video shoot
The Relevance
Handwriting and the Brain
Mueller, Pam A. and Daniel M. Oppenheimer. The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking , Psychological Science, June 2014 Vol. 25 No. 6 1159-1168.
Handwriting and Achievement Higher-level skills: Topic Selection, Planning, Producing, Organizing Lower-level skills: Handwriting, Spelling, Grammar
Why Teach Cursive? Academic Performance Personal Confidence Cultural Importance
The Method
CursiveLogic: First Strokes & Letter Strings
Oval Letter First Strokes Oval Letter String
Results
Arlene’s Story –15 year old with Dysgraphia …handwriting “transformed!”
1 month later Before
Josh Update—April, 2016
Journaling the Gospel of John
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