Low-performing handwriting students tend to attend schools with lower socioeconomic index¶
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q3 i? Children below the 9th-percentile threshold attended schools with significantly lower socioeconomic index, but gender was not associated with group membership. → Denis Pasco 2025
Evidence¶
Denis Pasco 2025¶
Denis Pasco, Erik Gustafsson, Lucas Burget, Thibault Asselborn, Pierre Dillenbourg, Consortium Lamue, Marie Mazerolle. (2025). Rapid in-class assessment of handwriting using a digital tablet: Multidimensional analysis of gender and socioeconomic status. Computers & Education: X Reality, 232, 105311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105311
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Mann-Whitney test comparing schools of 35 low-performing children (below a score of 18.61) with the remaining 1326 found a significant difference; a chi-squared test found no significant gender association (p = .132).
"The test revealed a significant difference between the two groups, U = 18,207.5, p = .03, suggesting that children scoring below the threshold tend to attend schools characterized by a lower socioeconomic index, indicating a more disadvantaged status"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Socioeconomic Status — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
- Writing Skills — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Gender and socioeconomic differences in handwriting are concentrated in kinematic components — related
- Kindergarten SEB profile membership is differentially associated with gender, age, language background, SES, and learning disability status — related
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Low-performing handwriting students tend to attend schools with lower socioeconomic index |
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Low-performing handwriting students tend to attend schools with lower socioeconomic index |
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