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Problems in developing functional handwriting.
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The development of handwriting quality and speed of 407 primary school children was followed from Grade 1 to Grade 5 in a longitudinal experiment. Performance was analyzed to enquire into the extent and bases for handwriting dysfunction. 27% of the ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Apr
in Journal: Percept Mot Skills
(Language : eng)
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2002 Apr;94(2):623-62
Problems in developing functional handwriting.
Karlsdottir R, Stefansson T
Department of Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. Ragnheidur.Karlsdottir@svt.ntnu.no
The development of handwriting quality and speed of 407 primary school children was followed from Grade 1 to Grade 5 in a longitudinal experiment. Performance was analyzed to enquire into the extent and bases for handwriting dysfunction. 27% of the children were classified as dysfunctional at the end of Grade 1. At the end of Grade 5 only 13% were so classified. Most children have adequate perception and motor abilities to develop functional handwriting. Dysfunction of handwriting speed can usually be traced to dysfunction of its quality. Dysfunction of quality can be traced to insufficient individualization in the primary instruction in handwriting which leads to a mismatch between the time allocated to teach certain letters to certain children and the time required for these children to learn the form of these letters.
PMID : 12027360 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Ragnheidur | Karlsdottir | R |
| Thorarinn | Stefansson | T |
Affiliation: Department of Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. Ragnheidur.Karlsdottir@svt.ntnu.no
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