The impact of spatio-temporal constraints on cursive letter handwriting in children

Category

Journal Article

Authors

Chartrel, E., Vinter, A.

Year

2008

Title

The impact of spatio-temporal constraints on cursive letter handwriting in children

Journal / book / conference

Learning and Instruction

Abstract

The study assessed the impact of spatial and temporal constraints on handwriting movements in young children. One hundred children of 5-7 years of age of both genders were given the task of copying isolated cursive letters under four conditions: normal, with temporal, spatial, or spatio-temporal constraints. The results showed that imposing spatio-temporal constraints on handwriting movements affected 5-year-olds' performance, at least for a subset of letters (those with the simplest shapes). The constraints probably enabled young children to free themselves from the models and helped them to better program their movements.

Issue

6

Volume

18

Pages

537-547

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