EJ555969 PS527317
Title: Dysgraphia in Children: Lasting Psychomotor Deficiency or Transient
Developmental Delay?Author(s): Smits-Engelsman, Bouwien C. M.; Van Galen, Gerard P.
Source: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v67 n2 p164-84 Nov 1997
Publication Date: 1997
ISSN: 0022-0965
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1998
Used writing
tasks recorded on a computer-monitored XY tablet to differentiate
between normal variations in psychomotor development and dysgraphia
in 16 young children. Found that control of spatial accuracy, not
allograph retrieval or size control, discriminated dysgraphic children
from others. Poor writers were less accurate than proficient writers
and did not catch up with peers within one year. (Author)
Descriptors: *Child Development; Developmental Delays; *Handwriting;
Longitudinal Studies; Motor Development; Psychomotor Skills; Spatial
Ability; *Writing Difficulties
Identifiers: *Dysgraphia; Neuromuscular Skills; Psychomotor Development
