In today's environment of high-stakes testing, handwriting is a skill that is often overlooked in order to focus on other areas of the curriculum. However, research indicates that handwriting is tied to academic achievement, especially composition and literacy skills. This article provides strategies that can be used to support students with…

Introduction: "Handwriting Without Tears"[R] program (Olsen, 1998) has been suggested as an appropriate set of procedures to teach students with and without disabilities skills in written communication. Unfortunately, there has been little research in the peer reviewed literature where the program has been employed to teach children with…

A method which uses the braille cell to explain shapes and formations necessary in teaching handwriting to the congenitally blind is described. (Author/BD)

Described is the use of color coding pencils and fingers to teach preschool children fundamental writing skills. (CL)

Reports on an informal study that revealed that a significant number of people who hold a pencil with two fingers and a thumb have mixed cerebral dominance, that more females than males have mixed dominance, and that those with mixed dominance tend to be more imaginative. (FL)

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)

Shows that, through the use of a digital computer, pen movements may provide information for the investigation of motor control in the self-paced movements involved in handwriting. Describes the apparatus used, indicates the kinds of information that may be obtained, and discusses practical applications, including applications for instruction. (GT)

A comparison was made between the accuracy of handwriting on large-spaced paper and normal-spaced paper of urban and suburban students. Results indicated that, with large-spaced paper, suburban students produced more accurate strokes than urban students, but when normal-spaced paper was used, there were no signficant differences. (Author/JN)

Presents findings from an in-depth study of children's composing processes in an effort to explain handwriting performance in relation to child development and the writing process. (GT)

Discusses the prerequisite skills for handwriting and how one can help children acquire them. (Author/MP)

Since September 11, 2001, the interest in learning more about Islam, Muslims, and Islamic culture and society has expanded in a variety of ways. The purpose of this brief narrative is to create a sense of curiosity and anticipation to learning more about how Islamic art contributes to the art world. In this article, the author describes a unit…

This document consists of four papers on the acquisition of writing skills by young children. The first paper provides a historical and developmental perspective on early writing. Children's development of manual dexterity is briefly overviewed and aspects of the educational approaches of Pestalozzi, Montessori, Chomsky, Rogers and Ashton-Warner…

Designed for use by both the elementary and the secondary school teacher, this resource book provides information and guidance on the teaching of printing and cursive writing skills. In the first part of the book, which deals with preparation, the physical requirements of handwriting are discussed and program planning suggestions offered. The…