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Blampain, Elise; Gosse, Claire; Van Reybroeck, Marie – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
While copying skills are used daily at school and involve spelling abilities, studies examining copying performance in children with dyslexia are very scarce. The present study aims to determine whether children with dyslexia present a specific deficit in their copying processes or if their difficulties in copying are a consequence of their…
Descriptors: Duplication, Children, Dyslexia, Spelling
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Bouriga, Sirine; Olive, Thierry – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
The present study investigated cognitive effort of handwriting and typing of undergraduate students. In Experiment 1, we used a secondary reaction time task to assess the cognitive effort required by undergraduates when carrying out handwriting and typing copying tasks. Students had longer reaction times, indicating greater cognitive effort, when…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Handwriting, Office Occupations
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Kathryn Mathwin; Christine Chapparo; Julianne Challita; Joanne Hinitt – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
The objective for beginning writers is to learn how to generate alphabet-letters which are recognisable and easy to read. This study investigated the accuracy of Year 1 and 2 children's alphabet-letter-writing by evaluating their alphabet and orthographic knowledge, following evidence which identifies these skills as important for correctly…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Writing Skills, Elementary School Students, Memory