Handwriting: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?

Autor/inn/en	Medwell, Jane; Wray, David
Titel	Handwriting: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?
Quelle	In: Literacy, 41 (2007) 1, S.10-15 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-4350
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9345.2007.00453.x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Learning Processes; Literacy Education; Intervention; Handwriting; Writing Skills; Writing (Composition); Males; Elementary Education; Writing Difficulties; Program Effectiveness; Writing Instruction; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Learning process; Lernprozess; Handschrift; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Schreibübung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Elementarunterricht; Schreibstörung; Schreibunterricht
Abstract	Handwriting has a low status and profile in literacy education in England and in recent years has attracted little attention from teachers, policy-makers or researchers into mainstream educational processes. This article identifies a substantial programme of research into handwriting, including studies located in the domains of special needs education and psychology, suggesting that it is time to re-evaluate the importance of handwriting in the teaching of literacy. Explorations of the way handwriting affects composing have opened up new avenues for research, screening and intervention, which have the potential to make a significant contribution to children's progress in learning to write. In particular, the role of orthographic motor integration and automaticity in handwriting is now seen as of key importance in composing. Evidence from existing studies suggests that handwriting intervention programmes may have a real impact on the composing skills of young writers. In particular, they could positively affect the progress of the many boys who struggle with writing throughout the primary school years. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10