In Spite Of Computers, Handwriting Instruction Is Important Because Of Carry-O... - The Diigo Meta page

• 01 Dec 07
  

  Arne Løining

  education

  • but we got them interested in the process of using writing to say what they wanted to say and so they started to derive some pleasure from it."
  • One of the positive side effects of the study was that the children began to enjoy writing.
  • When the mechanical skill of handwriting is taught close in time to the more creative skill of composing, then the two are better coordinated in the mind of the learner.
  • Handwriting is not just a motor process; it is also a memory process for letters-the building blocks of written language. To make handwriting automatic requires more than just copying letters over and over; getting the letters firmly embedded in the memory and being able to retrieve them at will is just as important.
  • When the children were re-tested at the end of the study, the treatment that combined numbered arrow cues and memory retrieval (group five) was found to be superior to that of all the others in improving the children's writing-both in the accuracy and automaticity of letter production and in composition skill on a nationally normed test.

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