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EJ307914 CE515017
Title: An Evaluation of Handwriting Performance.Author(s): Ziviani, Jenny; Elkins, John
Source: Educational Review, v36 n3 p249-61 Nov 1984
Publication Date: 1984
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAR1985
The legibility
components (letter formation, spacing, alignment, and size) and
speed of handwriting were assessed for 575 children in grades three
to seven. In general, interrater and test-retest reliabilities were
higher for older children. Girls wrote significantly faster and
smaller and made fewer errors in letter formation than boys. (SK)
Descriptors: *Children; Elementary Education; *Evaluation Methods;
Females; *Handwriting; Males
