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Issues in Handwriting Instruction

Year: 1992

Type: article

Abstract: If this pattern continued with lowercase manuscript letters and eventually with cursive script, her idiosyncratic style would likely hobble her ability to transcribe her own thoughts quickly or record the thoughts of others.As we shall see shortly, handwriting and other text production skills play an important role in children's development as writers.My wife and I addressed our concern about our daughter's handwriting at home this summer.Using the Zaner-Blaser alphabet (Hackney & Lucas, 1993) as a model, Leah learned how to form upper-and lowercase manuscript letters.As she practiced each letter, we gave her feedback and reinforcement for her

Source: Focus on Exceptional Children

DOI: 10.17161/foec.v25i2.7543

Author: Steve Graham

Institutions: University of Kansas, Georgia State University, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Maryland, College Park

Language: English

Topic: Writing and Handwriting Education

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W60448010

FWCI: 8.654

Cites: 72

Cited by: 55

Related to: 10