british media: students' writing skills have dropped significantly, and scottish schools are beginning to treat "scrawling syndrome"
2024-09-27
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[global times comprehensive report] how to treat “scrawling syndrome”? according to a report by the british "times" on the 25th, in scotland, more and more students' handwritten answers are illegible, like insects crawling, causing teachers a headache.
according to the report, multiple reports released this week by the scottish qualifications authority (sqa) show that the cleanliness and markability of examination papers have declined significantly in recent years, with illegible handwriting and dirty examination papers becoming increasingly serious. the sharp decline in students' writing ability has become an "absolute trend", and this is the biggest problem hindering the development of students' abilities.
because of students' poor writing skills, more and more schools allow students to use computers to enter answers to take exams, but this also exacerbates the decline in students' writing skills. especially in the three subjects of mathematics, science and language, the writing ability is particularly bad. however, these three subjects are most concerned about writing standards and accuracy. for example, when the teacher is judging the mathematics paper, he will not be able to tell whether the student writes 5 or 3. of course it could be 6.
poor writing skills lead to a decline in students' overall quality, which is not enough for future further studies and will appear to be incompetent after entering the workplace. the university of st andrews has made it clear that students with poor handwriting should not be allowed to use computers to sit exams.
it is reported that experts and schools are looking for solutions, such as friendly reminders for students who are worried about writing problems to communicate with their teachers in advance before the test, and teachers should also warn students that spelling and punctuation errors may not be scored. (miao tao)
