Handwriting legibility across different writing tasks in school-aged children [PDF]
Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022 Background: In school, children are required to perform a range of handwriting tasks. The writing needs to be legible to the child and other readers.
Yael Fogel +2 more
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Early handwriting development: a longitudinal perspective on handwriting time, legibility, and spelling [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionLearning to write is a complex task involving peripheral (e.g., handwriting speed and legibility) and central (e.g., spelling) processes. Coordinating these processes is particularly demanding for novice writers who have not yet automated ...
Michelle N Maurer +2 more
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Reliability, validity, and measurement invariance of a Chinese handwriting legibility scale among primary students in central China [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 BackgroundChinese handwriting has a close relationship with spatial cognition, and the legibility dimension is prominent with its spatial-oriented characteristics. However, handwriting evaluation focusing on the detailed spatial aspects of the legibility
Haode Zuo +2 more
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Handwriting Legibility and Its Relationship to Spelling Ability and Age: Evidence From Monolingual and Bilingual Children [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Studies of the relationship between spelling and handwriting concur that spelling skills influence the dynamic processes of handwriting. However, it remains unclear whether variations in spelling ability are related to variations in the legibility of ...
Cameron Downing, Markéta Caravolas
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Analyzing handwriting legibility through hand kinematics [PDF]
Frontiers in Artificial IntelligenceIntroductionHandwriting is a complex skill that requires coordination between human motor system, sensory perception, cognitive processing, memory retrieval, and linguistic proficiency.
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The correlation between proprioception and handwriting legibility in children [PDF]
Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 2016 [Purpose] This study investigated the association between proprioception, including joint position sense and kinetic sense, and handwriting legibility in healthy children. [Subjects and Methods] Assessment of joint position sense, kinetic sense, and handwriting legibility was conducted for 19 healthy children.
Hong SY, Jung NH, Kim KM.
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The effect of fine motor skills on handwriting legibility in preschool age children [PDF]
Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 2018 [Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that fine motor skills have on handwriting legibility in children of preschool age. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects of this study were 52 children of normal growth and development. In order to ascertain handwriting legibility, a Korean alphabet writing assessment was used; to measure ...
Seo SM.
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Teachers' Perceptions of Handwriting Legibility Versus the German Systematic Screening for Motoric-Handwriting Difficulties (SEMS). [PDF]
OTJR (Thorofare N J), 2021 Handwriting problems impact school achievement. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the agreement between teachers’ opinions and the German Systematische Erfassung motorischer Schreibstörungen’s (SEMS) handwriting test and to estimate the prevalence of handwriting problems. This was a prospective, correlational study.
Franken AM, Harris SR.
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Motor and cognitive determinants of L2 handwriting fluency and legibility in 10–12-year-old girls: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundHandwriting remains an essential academic skill even with the rising use of digital tools in classrooms settings. This cross-sectional observational study investigated the interplay between motor and cognitive determinants in the second ...
Mohamed Frikha +3 more
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Development of the Handwriting Legibility Scale (HLS): A preliminary examination of Reliability and Validity [PDF]
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2018 Demands for the production of legible handwriting produced in a timely manner increase as children progress through school. Despite the considerable number of children faced with handwriting difficulties, there is no quick and practical tool to assess legibility in this population.The aim of this study was to develop the Handwriting Legibility Scale ...
Mellissa Prunty +2 more
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