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Visual Perceptual Skills as Predictors of Handwriting Skills of Children Grades 1-3
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Lee, Supawadee C. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2022
The purposes of this study were to identify if correlations exist between the eight sub-components of visual perception including eye hand coordination, position in space, copying, figure ground discrimination, spatial relations, visual closure, visual motor speed and form constancy, and handwriting ability. The studies also further determined…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Perceptual Development, Predictor Variables, Handwriting
Improvement of Handwriting Automaticity among Children Treated for Graphomotor Difficulties over a Period of Six Months
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Wicki, Werner; Hurschler Lichtsteiner, Sibylle – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2018
Although fluency and automaticity of handwriting have been recognized as important research topics for 30 years, empirical data on respective developmental courses among typically developing children as well as clinical samples have remained very limited. To fill this gap, this study investigates the development of handwriting automaticity…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Psychomotor Skills, Occupational Therapy, Kindergarten
Teaching Low-Achieving Children Reading, Spelling and Handwriting: Developing Perceptual Skills with the Graphic Symbols of Language.
Markoff, Annabelle Most – 1976
Two objectives of this book are to provide a rationale for using basic language forms (sounds, letters, and words) in the perceptual-skill training of low-achieving children and to present techniques for teaching reading, spelling, and handwriting to low-achieving children. The first chapter, on the reading/spelling inversion, explains the…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Graphemes, Handwriting
Education of Visually Impaired Pupils in Ordinary School. Guides for Special Education No. 6.
Horton, J. Kirk – 1988
The guide, intended to help teachers, parents, and community workers throughout the world develop educational services to visually handicapped students in ordinary schools, has been published in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. The first three chapters provide general information concerning types of educational programs for the…
Descriptors: Braille, Classroom Techniques, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
The Development of a Program o f Instruction for Beginning Handwriting Emphasizing Verbalization of Procedures to Increase Perception and an Analysis of the Effectiveness of this Program through Comparison with a Commercial Method. (Volumes I and II).
Furner, Beatrice Ann – 1967
In this study, a teaching method stressing the learner's perceptual development was prepared for the purpose of teaching beginning handwriting to children. During a school year, 324 first-graders were guided to examine the formational processes of handwriting, to describe the correct procedures orally, to check their own procedures against the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Grade 1
Curriculum Planning Resource Manual for Developmental Skills and Communication Skills. Hearing Impaired: Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Revised Edition. [A Resource Manual for the Development and Evaluation of Special Programs for Exceptional Students, Volume V-A].
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Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1978
The manual is designed to provide teachers of hearing impaired students with a criterion referenced record of the student's existing skills. The record is intended to progress with the child through the elementary grades and to be used for developing individual profiles and plans. The manual consists of forms with columns for recording the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Communication Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Developmental Stages
Lettura e scrittura: Come? Quando? (Reading and Writing: How? When?).
Fallone, Nino – 1978
This manual in Italian provides a basic theory of reading and writing instruction for kindergarten and first grade teachers working in a bilingual setting. Reading and writing are seen as instruments of communication incorporating psychomotor, perceptual, conceptual, and logical skills. The manual covers the following areas: (1) the development of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Educational Theories