Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds
Although handwriting has a fairly low status in literacy education, evidence is accumulating that it has an important role in written composition. In particular, handwriting automaticity appears to relate to success in composition. This relationship has been little explored in British contexts and w...
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| description | Although handwriting has a fairly low status in literacy education, evidence is accumulating that it has an important role in written composition. In particular, handwriting automaticity appears to relate to success in composition. This relationship has been little explored in British contexts and we currently have little idea of what threshold performance levels might be. In this paper we report on two linked studies which attempted to identify performance levels in handwriting automaticity for children at two ages, below which their success in writing composition might be considered to be at risk. We conclude by suggesting interpolated levels for children at different ages, although we recognise the tentative nature of these suggestions. |
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| spelling | nottingham-453062020-05-04T16:36:01Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45306/ Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds Medwell, Jane Wray, David Although handwriting has a fairly low status in literacy education, evidence is accumulating that it has an important role in written composition. In particular, handwriting automaticity appears to relate to success in composition. This relationship has been little explored in British contexts and we currently have little idea of what threshold performance levels might be. In this paper we report on two linked studies which attempted to identify performance levels in handwriting automaticity for children at two ages, below which their success in writing composition might be considered to be at risk. We conclude by suggesting interpolated levels for children at different ages, although we recognise the tentative nature of these suggestions. Taylor & Francis 2013-03-14 Article PeerReviewed Medwell, Jane and Wray, David (2013) Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds. Language and Education, 28 (1). pp. 34-51. ISSN 1747-7581 handwriting composition writing performance thresholds http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09500782.2013.763819 doi:10.1080/09500782.2013.763819 doi:10.1080/09500782.2013.763819 |
| spellingShingle | handwriting composition writing performance thresholds Medwell, Jane Wray, David Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds |
| title | Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds |
| title_full | Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds |
| title_fullStr | Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds |
| title_short | Handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds |
| title_sort | handwriting automaticity: the search for performance thresholds |
| topic | handwriting composition writing performance thresholds |
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