Children with dyslexia show no global handwriting-quality deficit relative to chronological-age and spelling-age matched typically developing children¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q3
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? General Linear Mixed Model analyses revealed no global differences in handwriting quality among DYS, CA-matched and SA-matched groups. → Gosse 2020

Evidence¶

Gosse 2020¶

Gosse, C., & Van Reybroeck, M. (2020). Do children with dyslexia present a handwriting deficit? Impact of word orthographic and graphic complexity on handwriting and spelling performance. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 97(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2019.103553

q3 · i? · causal · r1

Controlled comparison of 23 children with dyslexia against 23 chronological-age and 23 spelling-age matched controls on a tablet dictation task; the article reports "no global differences between the three groups for handwriting quality". Equivalence was not tested beyond this analysis.

"General Linear Mixed Model analyses revealed no global differences between the three groups for handwriting quality."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Learning Disabilities and Developmental Differences — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Writing Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Children with dyslexia are more impacted by the graphic complexity of words than both chronological-age and spelling-age matched controls — related
• Prior research indicates children with dyslexia frequently show poor and slow handwriting skills, but the cause remained unclear — related
• Different types of handwriting interventions produce equivalent gains in handwriting legibility and fluency — related
• Readers with developmental dyslexia show better spelling and nonword-image association performance when novel words are learned through typing rather than handwriting — related