Following a slow rhythmic beat while writing words slows habituated writers and produces speed uncertainties that harm form quality¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1918 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? A writer with habituated speed and rhythm is slowed by any beat slow enough to be consciously followed. → West 1918 q2 i? The induced regularity contrasted with normal behavior and resulted in speed uncertainties that harmfully affected the quality of written form. → West 1918

Evidence¶

West 1918¶

West, P. V. (1918). The Relation of Rhythm to the Handwriting Movement. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22The+Relation+of+Rhythm+to+the+Handwriting+Movement%22

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Small exploratory trial with a few subjects following a rhythmic beat while writing words. The article states the induced regularity contrasted markedly with normal behavior and resulted in uncertainties of speed progress that affected form quality harmfully. No effect size is printed.

"Experimentation with a few subjects in the following of a rhythmic beat while writing words showed that a writer with habituated speed and rhythm would be slowed down by any beat that was slow enough to be consciously followed."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Writing Skills — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

Related Claims¶

• For habituated adult writers, following an imposed rhythmic beat increases temporal variation, with better writers adapting better than poor writers — related
• Better writers and older children anticipate the rhythmic beat while poorer writers and young children lag behind it; the arm is less accurate than the fingers except for younger children — related
• Training for speed in handwriting may be secured without considerable sacrifice of quality — related