Educational Technology

November 12, 2010

Most college students print as cursive writing starts to disappear on Oregon campuses

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by Bill Graves, The Oregonian

The loops and curls of cursive handwriting have all but vanished from college essay exam blue books. On rare occasions when college students write by hand, nearly all of them use what educators call manuscript form, which is to say, they print. Cursive writing is endangered and may near extinction in another generation, educators say. With the rise of word processing, texting and twittering, young people have fewer needs to write by hand. Cursive is on its way to becoming an artifact for calligraphers.

http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2010/10/most_college_students_print_as.html

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