Higher school socioeconomic index predicts higher handwriting total score¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-30 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q3 i? Each standard deviation increase in socioeconomic index was associated with a 2.249-point increase in handwriting total score. → 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

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Mixed-model analysis of the same sample found a significant socioeconomic index effect, with the article reporting "B = 2.249" points per standard deviation increase in the index.

"The analysis also revealed a significant effect of school socioeconomic index on handwriting total score (B = 2.249, CI 95 % [0.946, 3.552], t(1355) = 3.383, p = .001) indicating that for each standard deviation increases in socioeconomic index, the handwriting total score increases by 2.249 points"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Writing Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

Gender and socioeconomic differences in handwriting are concentrated in kinematic components — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
Higher socioeconomic index predicts better pressure scores, but gender does not — related

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`type`	`claim`
`id`	`ses-index-predicts-handwriting-total-score`
`title`	`Higher school socioeconomic index predicts higher handwriting total score`
`description`	`Higher school socioeconomic index predicts higher handwriting total score`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`moderate`
`newest_evidence`	`2025`
`source_checked`	`2026-10-30`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-10-30`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	1 — `denis-pasco-2025`

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