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Hanson, Irene W. – Language Arts, 1976
Descriptors: Cursive Writing, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Handwriting Instruction

Macleod, Iain; Procter, Peter – Visible Language, 1979
Reports that a computer-based system employing a graphic display screen and a hand-held "pen" proved successful in improving the handwriting skills of three 13- and 14-year-old students who had not been able to sign their names satisfactorily. (GT)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Students
Vacc, Nancy N.; Vacc, Nicholas A. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1979
The approach, which has also been used successfully with learning-disabled and emotionally disturbed children, provides a systematic method of instruction and stresses the use of sensory and verbal cues as aids in learning manuscript writing. (DLS)
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Handwriting, Handwriting Instruction, Handwriting Skills
Graham, Steve; Madan, Avi J. – Academic Therapy, 1981
The authors describe a remedial technique for teaching letter formation to students with handwriting difficulties. The approach blends traditional procedures (modeling, physical prompts, tracing, self correction, etc.) with cognitive behavior modification principles. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Handwriting Instruction, Handwriting Skills, Learning Disabilities

Towle, Maxine – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods, Handwriting Instruction
Currie, A. Blaine – Review and Evaluation Bulletins, 1981
The question and answer format of this booklet presents 35 questions about handwriting most often asked by teachers and parents. The answers that follow each question are derived from an earlier study of handwriting instruction undertaken in Ontario, Canada, schools. The questions in the first section of the booklet deal with current handwriting…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Handwriting Instruction, Handwriting Skills

Hagin, Rosa A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
The article proposes a simplified handwriting method for learning disabled children having difficulty with conventional cursive writing. The approach is based on the vertical downstroke rather than the diagonal slant and emphasizes the natural connection between manuscript letters. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Handwriting Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods

Stowitschek, Carole E.; Stowitschek, Joseph J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The article focuses on a program for remedial handwriting instruction in which the student diagnoses which letters on his/her worksheet are incorrectly formed, relieving the teacher of the need for constant attention and helping to avoid repetitive mispractice.
Descriptors: Handwriting Instruction, Identification, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the effectiveness of media presentations in teaching research skills; language as a means of increasing perception; language arts curriculum planning and execution…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Auditory Perception, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Giordano, Gerard – Academic Therapy, 1982
The article illustrates how basic skills in penmanship, spelling, and grammar can be learned while simultaneouly developing rapport between disabled writers and their instructors. (SW)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grammar, Handwriting Instruction, Language Arts
Carter, John L.; Russell, Harold – Academic Therapy, 1980
The study focused on effects of electromyographic (EMG) muscle relaxation training on academic abilities of four learning disabled boys (8 to 13 years old). Ss learned to voluntarily control and decrease forearm muscular tension; and this apparently resulted in an increase in cognitive efficiency, at least as it relates to basic academic areas of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Early, George H. – Acad Therap Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Education, Handwriting Instruction, Kinesthetic Methods

Stowitschek, Joseph J. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1978
A remedial handwriting instruction package, which used a programing procedure to adapt conventional worksheets and workbooks, was evaluated with 34 learning disabled primary aged children and 11 teachers. (CL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Handwriting Instruction
Jarman, Christopher – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1977
Explained is a method for teaching basic handwriting to primary level, slow learning students. (IM)
Descriptors: Cursive Writing, Exceptional Child Education, Handwriting Instruction, Learning Disabilities
Stott, D. H. – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1977
Described is the use of motivational strategy for instruction in remedial handwriting, and explained is the use of specific behavior modification techniques with a group of 10 students (9 to 11-years-old) with poor handwriting. (IM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Education
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