Extreme slant is fastest in the one-minute test while back-hand is fastest in the five-minute test and vertical writing slowest¶
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q2 i? In the one-minute test extreme slant was most rapid and back-hand slowest; in the five-minute test back-hand was most rapid and vertical writing slowest. → Graves 1911
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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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Median words written across the one-minute and five-minute timed tests of the sample collection; the medians show extreme slant at 22.0 words in one minute and back-hand at 103.0 words in five minutes, with "back-hand to be the most rapid in the five-minute test."
"1. Extreme slant to be the type of writing most rapid in the one-minute test and back-hand to be the slowest. 2. Back-hand to be the most rapid in the five-minute test and vertical writing to be the slowest."
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Related Claims¶
- Back-hand shows the largest average deviation from the median, indicating the least stable speed, while medium slant shows the least deviation in the one-minute test — related
- The fastest handwriting style, back-hand, shows the largest percentage of cases written with free hand movement — related
- Girls predominate among writers of vertical writing and back-hand, and the oldest pupils write a mixed hand — related
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Extreme slant is fastest in the one-minute test while back-hand is fastest in the five-minute test and vertical writing slowest |
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Extreme slant is fastest in the one-minute test while back-hand is fastest in the five-minute test and vertical writing slowest |
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1911 |
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