After a 2-month combined reading and writing training period, followed by a 1 1/2-year lapse, a 16-year-old initially paraplegic cerebral palsied boy received a 1 year of reading training followed by 2 3/4 years of writing training. (Author/SBH)

Reviews research and supports a perceptual-motor theory of handwriting instruction. (RD)

In a study, kindergarten and third grade students were given handwriting copying practice using different perceptual prompts to reproduce model letter forms. Results indicate that groups trained with perceptual prompts produced more accurate reproductions. (Author/JN)

The emerging field of advanced distance education delivers academic courses across time and distance, allowing educators and students to participate in a convenient learning method. "Methods and Applications for Advancing Distance Education Technologies: International Issues and Solutions" demonstrates communication technologies, intelligent…

Third and final article in a series by the author; see also "Elementary English, vol. 46, no. 7 (November 1969), 886-94 and vol. 46, no. 8 (December 1969), 1021-30. (RD)

Notes that copying is a common technique for training perceptual motor skills such as handwriting; describes an experiment in which stimuli to be copied were presented dynamically or statically close to or distant from children seven and 10 years old and discusses the implications of the results for teaching handwriting. (Author)

A review of research on handwriting and a call for additional research on the subject. (DD)

This study investigated the reliability, validity, and utility of three measures of letter-formation quality of handwriting samples from third and fifth-grade students. Findings are discussed with respect to criteria for validating an assessment instrument. (Author/MT)

Presents a rationale and method for objective evaluation of handwriting according to legibility criteria for the Roman alphabet and its slanted version. (TO)

Describes a study in which handwriting production was viewed as an oscillatory process arising from two orthogonal joints and in which this model was tested by synthetic production of humanlike cursive script with a mechanical arm under computer control. (Author/GT)

Draws attention to the need for a useful nomenclature for handwriting and suggests sets of terms for use by those concerned with the teaching of handwriting and research into it. Sets out the terms in a series of tables along with terms commonly used by different groups of specialists. (SR)

It is generally assumed that the lexical and phonological systems are involved in writing to dictation. In an experiment concerned with the writing of words and non-words to dictation, the handwriting of female students was registered using a digitising tablet. The data contradict the assumption that the phonological system represents an alexical…

What little research that has been undertaken regarding the handwriting competence of preservice teachers indicates a decline in the legibility of teachers' handwriting, as well as that of students. With this in mind, a study was conducted to identify methods used in training preservice teachers to teach handwriting, to note changes in the teacher…

The proceedings of a conference (University of Wisconsin, 1961) on the methodology and quality of handwriting research are presented in this book. After introductory remarks on current educational research, papers are presented on the following topics: (1) current (l960) teaching practices in handwriting in the United States, (2) the use of…