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Name Writing and Letter Knowledge in Preschoolers: Incongruities in Skills and the Usefulness of Name Writing as a Developmental Indicator
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Drouin, Michelle; Harmon, Jenna – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2009
In this study, 114 preschoolers (M age = 53 months) completed a battery of literacy assessments to explore the interplay between name writing and letter knowledge in early literacy learners. Name writing was significantly related to children's letter knowledge, and the relationships were moderate to high. However, many children exhibited an…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Scores, Literacy
The Effects of, Lined Paper, Prompting, Tracing, Rewards, and Fading to Increase Handwriting Performance and Legibility with Two Preschool Special Education Students Diagnosed with Developmental Delays, and Fine Motor Deficits
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Smith, Erin; McLaughlin, T. F.; Neyman, Jennifer; Rinaldi, Lisa – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2013
This study was designed to examine the effects of tracing and fading prompts to improve the handwriting of two preschoolers both diagnosed as Developmentally Delayed (DD) and one of whom had fine motor goals. The study took place in a self-contained special education public preschool classroom located in the Pacific Northwest. The results showed…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Developmental Delays, Preschool Children, Special Education