| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Handwriting fluency in children |
| Authors: | Wicki, Werner Hurschler Lichtsteiner, Sibylle Saxer Geiger, Andrea Müller, Marianne |
| DOI: | 10.1024/1421-0185/a000127 |
| Published in: | Swiss Journal of Psychology |
| Volume(Issue): | 73 |
| Page(s): | 87 |
| Pages to: | 96 |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Huber |
| ISSN: | 1421-0185 1662-0879 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Orthographic skills; Visual-motor integration; Fluency; Stroke pressure |
| Subject (DDC): | 418: Standard language usage |
| Abstract: | This cross-sectional study aimed to (1) construct a model of handwriting fluency in children and (2) explore the impact of fluent handwriting and visual-motor integration on orthographic skills. In a Swiss sample of 93 fourth graders (mean age = 10 years, 7 months; SD = 6.58 months), handwriting speed and legibility were assessed by means of a copying task. Furthermore, automaticity of handwriting, stroke pressure, and stroke frequency were measured on a digitizing tablet, while visual-motor integration and orthographic skills were assessed by means of standardized tests. SEM modeling revealed that automaticity of handwriting, which is associated with both stroke frequency and stroke pressure, predicts handwriting speed as well as orthographic skills. The latter association remained significant even when visual-motor integration, which also proved to be a predictor of orthographic skills, was included in the model. The results are discussed with respect to theories that assume that the automaticity of handwriting is associated with saving cognitive resources. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/13287 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Data Analysis and Process Design (IDP) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Wicki, W., Hurschler Lichtsteiner, S., Saxer Geiger, A., & Müller, M. (2014). Handwriting fluency in children. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 73, 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000127
Wicki, W. et al. (2014) ‘Handwriting fluency in children’, Swiss Journal of Psychology, 73, pp. 87–96. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000127.
W. Wicki, S. Hurschler Lichtsteiner, A. Saxer Geiger, and M. Müller, “Handwriting fluency in children,” Swiss Journal of Psychology, vol. 73, pp. 87–96, 2014, doi: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000127.
WICKI, Werner, Sibylle HURSCHLER LICHTSTEINER, Andrea SAXER GEIGER und Marianne MÜLLER, 2014. Handwriting fluency in children. Swiss Journal of Psychology. 2014. Bd. 73, S. 87–96. DOI 10.1024/1421-0185/a000127
Wicki, Werner, Sibylle Hurschler Lichtsteiner, Andrea Saxer Geiger, and Marianne Müller. 2014. “Handwriting Fluency in Children.” Swiss Journal of Psychology 73: 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000127.
Wicki, Werner, et al. “Handwriting Fluency in Children.” Swiss Journal of Psychology, vol. 73, 2014, pp. 87–96, https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000127.
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