Children who grip their pens too close to the writing point are likely to be at a disadvantage in examinations,【C1】______to the first serious investigation into the way in which writing technique can dramatically affect educational achievement.
The survey of 643 children and adults, ranking from pre-school to 40-plus, also suggests【C2】___\_penholding techniques have deteriorated sharply over one generation, with teachers now paying far【C3】______attention to correct pen grip and handwriting style.
Stephanie Thomas, a learning support teacher【C4】___\_findings have been published, was inspired to investigate this area【C5】___\_he noticed that those students who had the most trouble with spelling【C6】___\_had a poor pen grip. While Mr. Thomas could not establish a significant statistical link【C7】___\_pen-holding style. and accuracy in spelling,he【C8】___\_find huge differences in technique between the young children and the mature adults, and a definite【C9】______between near-point gripping and slow, illegible writing.
People who【C10】___\_their pens at the writing point also show other characteristics【C11】___\_inhibit learning,【C12】___\_as poor posture,leaning too【C13】___\_to the desk,using four fingers to grip the pen【C14】___\_than three, and clumsy positioning of the thumb(which can obscure【C15】______is being written ).
Mr. Thomas believes that the【C16】___\_between elder and younger writers is【C17】___\_too dramatic to be accounted for simply by the possibility that people get better at writing as they grow【C18】___\_. He attributes it to a failure to teach the most effective methods, pointing out that the differences between【C19】___\_groups coincides with the abandonment of formal handwriting instruction in classrooms in the sixties. "The 30-year-old showed a huge diversity of grips,【C20】______the over 40s group all had a uniform. 'tripod' grip. "
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