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Rosenblum, Sara; Regev, Noga – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Timing ability is essential for common everyday performance. The aim of the study was to compare timing abilities and temporal aspects of handwriting performance and relationships between these two components among children with Developmental Coordination Disorders (DCD) and a control group. Forty two children, 21 diagnosed as DCD and 21 with…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Handwriting, Reaction Time, Children
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Li-Tsang, Cecilia W. P.; Wong, Agnes S. K.; Chan, Jackson Y.; Lee, Amos Y. T.; Lam, Miko C. Y.; Wong, C. W.; Lu, Zhonglin – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
A previous study found a visual deficit in contour integration in English readers with dyslexia (Simmers & Bex, 2001). Visual contour integration may play an even more significant role in Chinese handwriting particularly due to its logographic presentation (Lam, Au, Leung, & Li-Tsang, 2011). The current study examined the relationship…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Visual Perception, Chinese, Handwriting
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Shen, I-Hsuan; Lee, Tsai-Yun; Chen, Chia-Ling – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Preliminary evidence suggests that handwriting difficulties are common to children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, the nature of the task-specific impairments is needed to be clarified. The aim of this study was to describe handwriting capacity in ADHD children without DCD and identify underlying factors of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Handwriting, Writing Tests
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Rosenblum, Sara; Aloni, Tsipi; Josman, Naomi – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Organizational ability constitutes one executive function (EF) component essential for common everyday performance. The study aim was to explore the relationship between handwriting performance and organizational ability in school-aged children. Participants were 58 males, aged 7-8 years, 30 with dysgraphia and 28 with proficient handwriting.…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Learning Disabilities, Regression (Statistics), Males
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Tsai, Li-Hui; Meng, Ling-Fu; Hung, Li-Yu; Chen, Hsin-Yu; Lu, Chiu-Ping – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This article examines the relationship between writing and attention problems and hypothesizes that homophone spelling errors coincide with attention deficits. We analyze specific types of attention deficits, which may contribute to Attention Deficits Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); rather than studying ADHD, however, we focus on the inattention…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Spelling, Pronunciation, Handwriting
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Li-Tsang, Cecilia W. P.; Au, Ricky K. C.; Chan, Michelle H. Y.; Chan, Lily W. L.; Lau, Gloria M. T.; Lo, T. K.; Leung, Howard W. H. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the handwriting characteristics of secondary school students with and without physical disabilities (PD). With the use of a computerized Chinese Handwriting Assessment Tool (CHAT), it was made possible to objectively assess and analyze in detail the handwriting characteristics of individual…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Handwriting, Secondary School Students, Computer Assisted Testing