Influence of Handwriting Skills during Spelling in Primary and lower Secondary Grades
We sought to identify, the impact of handwriting skills on the efficiency and temporal course of word spelling across Grades 2-9. Eighty-four students, drawn from primary and lower secondary schools, were asked to perform a dictation task to assess their word spelling. They also had to write out the...
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| author | Virginie ePontart Christel eBidet-Ildei Eric eLambert Pauline eMorisset Lisa eFlouret Denis eALAMARGOT Denis eALAMARGOT |
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| description | We sought to identify, the impact of handwriting skills on the efficiency and temporal course of word spelling across Grades 2-9. Eighty-four students, drawn from primary and lower secondary schools, were asked to perform a dictation task to assess their word spelling. They also had to write out the letters of the alphabet, as well as their firstnames and surnames, from memory to assess their handwriting skills. Handwriting kinematics were recorded using a digitizing tablet and a computer running Eye and Pen software. Results revealed that graphomotor skills (as assessed by the name writing task) influenced the success and temporal course of spelling, but only in primary grades, whereas the influence of orthographic knowledge (as assessed by the alphabet task) could still be observed in the lower secondary grades, even if it ceased to influence the temporal course and only affected errors. We discuss what these findings tell us about changes in transcription processes over the course of child development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-398a5d8454764d2799c7a75d7a1587282022-12-21T19:40:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-11-01410.3389/fpsyg.2013.0081861459Influence of Handwriting Skills during Spelling in Primary and lower Secondary GradesVirginie ePontart0Christel eBidet-Ildei1Eric eLambert2Pauline eMorisset3Lisa eFlouret4Denis eALAMARGOT5Denis eALAMARGOT6Université Paris 8Université de PoitiersUniversité de PoitiersUniversité de PoitiersUniversité Paris 8Université de Paris-Est CréteilUniversité Paris 8We sought to identify, the impact of handwriting skills on the efficiency and temporal course of word spelling across Grades 2-9. Eighty-four students, drawn from primary and lower secondary schools, were asked to perform a dictation task to assess their word spelling. They also had to write out the letters of the alphabet, as well as their firstnames and surnames, from memory to assess their handwriting skills. Handwriting kinematics were recorded using a digitizing tablet and a computer running Eye and Pen software. Results revealed that graphomotor skills (as assessed by the name writing task) influenced the success and temporal course of spelling, but only in primary grades, whereas the influence of orthographic knowledge (as assessed by the alphabet task) could still be observed in the lower secondary grades, even if it ceased to influence the temporal course and only affected errors. We discuss what these findings tell us about changes in transcription processes over the course of child development.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00818/fullhandwritingspellingonline measuresGraphomotor_skillsAlphabet_knowledgeOrthographic_knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Virginie ePontart Christel eBidet-Ildei Eric eLambert Pauline eMorisset Lisa eFlouret Denis eALAMARGOT Denis eALAMARGOT Influence of Handwriting Skills during Spelling in Primary and lower Secondary Grades Frontiers in Psychology handwriting spelling online measures Graphomotor_skills Alphabet_knowledge Orthographic_knowledge |
| title | Influence of Handwriting Skills during Spelling in Primary and lower Secondary Grades |
| title_full | Influence of Handwriting Skills during Spelling in Primary and lower Secondary Grades |
| title_fullStr | Influence of Handwriting Skills during Spelling in Primary and lower Secondary Grades |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Handwriting Skills during Spelling in Primary and lower Secondary Grades |
| title_short | Influence of Handwriting Skills during Spelling in Primary and lower Secondary Grades |
| title_sort | influence of handwriting skills during spelling in primary and lower secondary grades |
| topic | handwriting spelling online measures Graphomotor_skills Alphabet_knowledge Orthographic_knowledge |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00818/full |
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