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The fastest handwriting style, back-hand, shows the largest percentage of cases written with free hand movement

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q2 i? Back-hand, the most rapid style in the tests, had 60 per cent of cases written free hand, the largest percentage. → Graves 1911

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Graves 1911

Graves, S. Monroe. (1911). A Study in Handwriting. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org/journal/jeduapsych

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Percentage tabulation of movement type (finger, arm, free-arm) across the classified samples; back-hand showed 60 per cent free hand and the lowest percentage (40) of arm movement.

"1. Back-hand, which is the most rapid writing according to the tests, shows the largest percentage (60) of cases written "free" hand. Next to back-hand is vertical writing with 54 per cent, of the cases."

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type claim
id free-hand-movement-associated-with-fastest-style
title The fastest handwriting style, back-hand, shows the largest percentage of cases written with free hand movement
description The fastest handwriting style, back-hand, shows the largest percentage of cases written with free hand movement
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 1911
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