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Girls predominate among writers of vertical writing and back-hand, and the oldest pupils write a mixed hand

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q2 i? The largest percentage of pupils using vertical writing (69 per cent) and back-hand (67 per cent) were girls; the oldest children wrote a mixed hand. → Graves 1911

Evidence

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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Sex and age were recorded for each writer when samples were collected; boys predominated in extreme slant (56 per cent) and medium slant (55 per cent), and average ages ranged up to 13 years 12 months for boys writing mixed style.

"1. The largest percentage of pupils using the vertical writing (69 per cent.), and back-hand (67 per cent.), were girls. 2. The largest percentage of pupils (56 per cent.) using the extreme slant, and the medium slant (55 per cent, are boys."

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type claim
id sex-and-age-differences-in-handwriting-styles
title Girls predominate among writers of vertical writing and back-hand, and the oldest pupils write a mixed hand
description Girls predominate among writers of vertical writing and back-hand, and the oldest pupils write a mixed hand
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 1911
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sources 1 — graves-1911

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