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EJ411225 TM515126
Title: Perceptual-Motor Complexity of Printed and Cursive Letters.Author(s): Meulenbroek, Ruud G. J.; Van Galen, Gerard P.
Source: Journal of Experimental Education, v58 n2 p95-110 Win 1990
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV1990
Seventy-five
Dutch elementary school students wrote letters of a cursive alphabet
after presentation of printed and cursive letters. Analysis revealed
that spatial ambiguity, allographic variability, contextual ambiguity,
and letter frequency are determinants of the time needed by children
for perceiving printed and producing corresponding cursive letters.
(TJH)
Descriptors: Children; Context Effect; *Cursive Writing; Elementary
Education; *Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Handwriting;
*Letters (Alphabet); *Perceptual Motor Learning; *Psychomotor Skills;
Spatial Ability; *Time Factors (Learning); Writing Skills
Identifiers: Netherlands
