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Download full textSimner, Marvin L. – 1980
One hundred and seventy right-handed children from kindergarten through grade 2 were asked to copy 26 upper and 26 lower case letters and the numbers 1-9 shown at one time on slide projections. The resulting stroke patterns which were observed, supported predictions derived from the starting, progression, and horizontal rules expressed in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSimner, Marvin L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1984
The study involving 108 kindergartners revealed that while children at extreme opposite ends of a school readiness continuum differed reliably in the percentage of normative stroke directions used to construct horizontal, vertical, and circular lines, the overall correlation was sufficiently low to suggest caution in using this data in screening.…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Kindergarten, Primary Education, School Readiness
Simner, Marvin L. – 1981
Form errors, but not reversal errors, generated when kindergarten children printed reversible letters and numbers, were associated with teachers' judgments of children's academic performance at the end of kindergarten and throughout Grade 1. Three samples totaling 166 non-repeating kindergarten children (79 male, 87 female) were drawn from eight…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Handwriting, Identification
Direct linkSimner, Marvin L.; Goffin, Richard D. – International Journal of Testing, 2003
Among the various tests employed in personnel selection, handwriting analysis, or graphology, has enjoyed long-standing international popularity despite being highly contentious. This report contains not only an evaluation of the current published scientific reviews on the use of graphology in personnel selection, but also an evaluation of several…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Handwriting, Personnel Selection, Position Papers
Simner, Marvin L. – 1988
A 3-year longitudinal investigation indicated that form errors in printing that children make can aid in the identification of at-risk or failure-prone pupils as early as the start of prekindergarten. Two samples were selected, one consisting of 104 and the other of 63 prekindergarten children. Mean age of the samples was 52 months. Item analysis…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
Simner, Marvin L. – 1985
Involving 619 preschool children, a longitudinal investigation evaluated a new test for identifying preschool children who produce an excessive number of form errors in printing. All children participating were fluent in English and were in the appropriate grades for their ages, either pre-kindergarten or kindergarten, when they were given the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
