Designed with children in mind, this workbook lays out the fundamentals of the italic alphabet so that it can be used by teachers and other adults as a guide in teaching children. The workbook is based on the idea that, besides being both "beautiful and readable," the italic alphabet has the advantage of presenting a logical progression…

The author shows how one child's creativity is destroyed in the pursuit of correct capitalization, neat margins, and good punctuation. (BD)

Adults adjust their handwriting to the situation; students should be allowed to do likewise. (JH)

This article presents a survey of handwriting education in Canada based on information gathered from the language arts and handwriting manuals published by the education departments of various provinces across Canada. (Author)

A COMPARISON WAS MADE OF THE PERFORMANCE OF GROUPS OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH CHILDREN WITH AMERICAN NORMS AND WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF SIMILAR GROUPS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN ON A SERIES OF READING AND SPELLING TESTS AND A HANDWRITING SCALE STANDARDIZED IN THE UNITED STATES. SCORES ATTAINED ON THE PARAGRAPH MEANING AND WORD MEANING SUBTESTS OF THE…

VARIATIONS FROM "STANDARD GREGG SHORTHAND" IN THE SIMPLIFIED EDITION WERE INVESTIGATED AFTER USE IN EMPLOYMENT TO DETERMINE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND TO MODIFY AND REFINE THE "GREGG SHORTHAND SIMPLIFIED" PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES. SAMPLES OF SHORTHAND, WRITTEN BY WRITERS WHO HAD AT LEAST 2 YEARS OF INSTRUCTION IN "GREGG…

The author criticizes the lack of opportunity given to children to learn the motor patterns involved in handwriting and describes a sequence of chalkboard activities to promote the perceptual motor skills required. Illustrations of the sequence are provided. (CL)

Mirror-imaging of letter shapes and reversals of whole words when read or written are defined and explanations are given as to why children tend to make these mistakes. (KW)

Hypothesizing that signature size is related to status, signatures of undergraduates, blue collar workers, and professors were compared and found to be ranked in the above order. Further, case studies of professors revealed a 50 percent increase in size of signature from several months prior to attainment of the Ph. D. to four years afterward. (DB)

Children should not be taught handwriting by tracing techniques. (MF)

An 11 year old learning disabled boy was taught two different strategies, both of which markedly improved his handwriting performance on a paragraph copying task. Results for the study indicated that allowing the student his choice of strategies produced better performance than did teacher determined choices. (Author)

Notes that handwriting achievement can be assessed in degrees from being legible to being illegible. Suggests that a rubric, carefully developed and designed, may well be used to ascertain the quality of handwriting achievement. Gives a brief history of handwriting instruction. Presents 10 points for teachers to follow when teaching handwriting.…

Examines the relationship between handwriting speed and the syntactic complexity of the finished piece of writing. Reports that findings support previous research that describes differences in syntax of basic and traditional writers. Concludes that writing teachers should encourage college students to write rapidly as they draft their pieces. (MM)

Academic positive practice was used to correct errors of cursive letter writing in three third graders. Following each writing error, students correctly formed each incorrect letter 20 times. Students demonstrated improvement over baseline levels of performance. (Author/DB)