Automaticity of handwriting predicts handwriting speed in fourth-grade children¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In a SEM model of Swiss fourth graders, automaticity of handwriting significantly predicted handwriting speed. → Wicki 2014

Evidence¶

Wicki 2014¶

Wicki, Werner; Hurschler Lichtsteiner, Sibylle; Saxer Geiger, Andrea; Müller, Marianne (2014). Handwriting fluency in children. Swiss Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000127

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Cross-sectional SEM analysis of 93 Swiss fourth graders (mean age 10;7). The abstract reports that automaticity of handwriting "predicts handwriting speed as well as orthographic skills"; no standardized coefficient is printed in the available text.

"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."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Writing Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Automaticity of handwriting is associated with both stroke frequency and stroke pressure — related
• Automaticity of handwriting predicts orthographic skills even when visual-motor integration is included in the model — related
• Visual-motor integration is a predictor of orthographic skills in children — related
• Transcription skills are not longitudinally predictive of syntactic complexity in the upper elementary grades, consistent with their declining influence as handwriting and spelling automatize — related
• Accuracy in retrieving orthographic and semantic information is not significantly affected by time spent handwriting or typing during learning — related