Both handwriting rate (copying a grade-level reading passage) and copying rate (copying a familiar, easy reading passage) accounted for a significant amount of variance in predicting Iowa Test of Basic Skills subtests, report card grade point averages and assignment completion scores for 527 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students from the Indianapolis Public School System. Five-minute graphic samples were more predictive than one-minute samples. The five-minute handwriting task was the best overall predictor. Female students wrote significantly faster than males, and their rates were less predictive than the male students'. Age, IQ, visual-motor speed and motor speed all were significant predictors of handwriting/copying speed; however, visual-motor speed was consistently the best predictor. Handwriting means were compared with previously published norms. Implication of results and usefulness of handwriting rate tests are discussed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-11, Section: A, page: 3290. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75687 |
| Contributors | COUVILLION, PATRICIA MURDAY., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 80 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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