The most obvious answer to this question is that, for as long as most test and exam papers still require handwritten answers, good handwriting is always going to make an impact and help deliver extra marks.
But there is more. For there is also the issue of the relationship between the brain and handwriting.
Handwriting requires a greater level of hand/eye co-ordination than typing on a keyboard, and thus, as well as helping with exam scores, good handwriting gives pupils the chance to develop their essential fine motor skills.
Unfortunately, there is no doubt that many young people today are brought up in homes where handwriting is limited to little more than the production of shopping lists – and indeed many people are now even typing these into their mobile phones.
It is for all of these reasons that MSL produced the Handwriting Rescue Scheme for fully cursive handwriting.
The scheme, which is available as a photocopiable program supplied on CD or as printed sheets, contains over 300 structured exercises designed to establish complete cursive letter formation.
And there is a particular bonus here, for tests have shown that the use of such material encourages the development of an automatic response to frequently used spelling choices. In other words, by practising their handwriting pupils also learn their spellings.
You can order The Handwriting Rescue Scheme in any of these ways:
- On our website
- By phone on 01604 505000
- By fax to 01604 505001
- By email to info@msl-online.net
- By post to Multi-Sensory Learning, Highgate House, Creaton, Northants, NN6 8NN