The Use of Graphic Rules in Grade One to Help Identify Children at Risk of Handwriting Difficulties

Autor/inn/en	Khalid, Puspa Inayat; Yunus, Jasmy; Adnan, Robiah; Harun, Mokhtar; Sudirman, Rubita; Mahmood, Nasrul Humaimi
Titel	The Use of Graphic Rules in Grade One to Help Identify Children at Risk of Handwriting Difficulties
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 31 (2010) 6, S.1685-1693 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2010.04.005
Schlagwörter	Handwriting; Writing Skills; Grade 1; Disability Identification; Elementary School Students; Screening Tests; At Risk Students; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handschrift; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Screening-Verfahren; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	Previous researches on elementary grade handwriting revealed that pupils employ certain strategy when writing or drawing. The relationship between this strategy and the use of graphic rules has been documented but very little research has been devoted to the connection between the use of graphic rules and handwriting proficiency. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the relative contribution of the use of graphic rules to the writing ability. A sample of 105 first graders who were average printers and 65 first graders who might experience handwriting difficulty, as judged by their teachers, of a normal primary school were individually tested on their use of graphic rules. It has been found that pupils who are below average printers use more non-analytic strategy than average printers to reproduce the figures. The results also reveal that below average printers do not acquire the graphic principles that foster an analytic approach to production skills. Although the findings are not sufficient to allow definitive conclusions about handwriting ability, it can be considered as one of the screening measures in identifying pupils who are at risk of handwriting difficulties. (Contains 6 tables and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10