No training condition affects letter script stroke direction¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r3 · q4
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q4 i? None of the three training conditions showed significant effects on stroke direction acquisitions. → Fernando Núñez-Regueiro 2024

Evidence¶

Fernando Núñez-Regueiro 2024¶

Fernando Núñez-Regueiro, Natacha Boissicat, Fanny Gimbert, Céline Pobel-Burtin, Marie-Caroline Croset, Marie-Line Bosse, and Cécile Nurra. (2024). Involving the Body to Improve Letter Knowledge and Script: An Experimental Study in French Kindergarten. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09923-9

q4 · i? · causal · r3

Ordinal regression on stroke direction (6-point rated copying task) in the RCT; the likelihood ratio test for the model was not significant [chi2(2) = 0.207, p = .902]. No effect size indicates a detectable effect; equivalence was not tested.

"None of the experimental groups showed significant effects on skill acquisitions in letter stroke direction, and effects were very similar for pencil-and-paper training (b = -0.035, OR = 0.966, d = -.019, p = .872)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Alphabet Knowledge and Print Awareness — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Arm training with nested handwriting exercises yields the greatest overall acquisitions in letter knowledge and script, while arm-body training reduces them — related
• Arm training improves letter recognition and letter-name knowledge relative to the other training conditions — related
• Arm-body training improves overall legibility of letter script while pencil-and-paper training reduces it — related
• Arm-body training reduces letters written under dictation relative to the other conditions — related