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Zemlock, Deborah; Vinci-Booher, Sophia; James, Karin H. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Previous research has suggested that handwriting letters may be an important exerciser to facilitate early letter understanding. Experimental studies to date, however, have not investigated whether this effect is general to any visual-motor experience or specific to handwriting letters. In the present work, we addressed this issue by testing…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Handwriting, Alphabets, Intervention
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Datchuk, Shawn M.; Dembek, Ginny A. – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2018
Difficulties with two critical transcription skills, handwriting and spelling, can hinder acquisition and use of simple sentences during writing for elementary students. This preliminary investigation used a framework of data-based individualization to adapt and study effects of a multi-component intervention designed to teach simple sentence…
Descriptors: Sentences, Intervention, Spelling, Handwriting
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Hurschler Lichtsteiner, Sibylle; Wicki, Werner; Falmann, Péter – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
As recent studies and theoretical assumptions suggest that the quality of texts composed by children and adolescents is affected by their transcription skills, this experimental field trial aims at investigating the impact of combined handwriting/spelling training on fluency, spelling and text quality among normally developing 3rd graders…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Handwriting, Spelling
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Lifshitz, Nirit; Har-Zvi, Shirley – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
Proper acquisition of handwriting is required for success in school. This study compared the effects of two writing readiness interventions, "Traffic Light" and "Word and Sound" on kindergartners' handwriting quality, speed and positive reactions to writing. Handwriting readiness training for kindergarten children is…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Intervention, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness
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Wells, Kevin E.; Sulak, Tracey N.; Saxon, Terrill F.; Howell, Leanne L. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2016
There has been a drastic increase in the use of technology in the classroom over the past 20 years. As computers and tablets permeate our schools, their presence is oftentimes seen as a cure to whatever problems may exist. While the promise of technology has held true within some domains, little has been done to examine its efficacy in some areas.…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Handwriting, Teaching Methods, Intervention
Stroik, Linda R. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental group comparison study using a repeated measures comparison group design with random assignment of subjects to groups was to investigate the effects of handwriting instruction on reading progress for learners in grade 1 and grade 2. At three points in time, the number of words each student read…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Quasiexperimental Design, Comparative Analysis, Handwriting
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Giroux, Peter; Woodall, William; Weber, Mark; Bailey, Jessica – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2012
Objective: The primary purpose of this study was to identify the practitioner competencies that occupational therapists perceive as important for handwriting evaluation and intervention in school-aged children. A secondary purpose was to compare the practitioner perceptions of those in school-based practice with those from other primary practice…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Attitudes, Competence
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Van Hove, Stephanie; Vanderhoven, Ellen; Cornillie, Frederik – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2017
Mobile technologies are increasingly finding their way into classroom practice. While these technologies can create opportunities that may facilitate learning, including the learning of a second or foreign language (L2), the full potential of these new media often remains underexploited. A case in point concerns tablet applications for language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Quasiexperimental Design, French, Vocabulary Development
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Schneider, Ariane B.; Codding, Robin S.; Tryon, Georgiana S. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2013
The relative effectiveness of two writing accommodations, word processing (WP) and speech-recognition (SR) technology, was examined relative to the writing skills of four boys with Asperger syndrome. The more effective accommodation was then combined with the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) writing intervention and compared with SRSD…
Descriptors: Intervention, Asperger Syndrome, Word Processing, Writing Improvement
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Rosenblum, Sara; Weiss, Patrice L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease with a wide-ranging impact on functional status. The aim of the study was to examine the added value of simultaneously evaluating fatigue, personal ADL and handwriting performance as indicators for functional decline among patients with MS. Participants were 50 outpatients with MS and 26 matched healthy…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Intervention, Handwriting, Prevention