Effects of different types of learning on handwriting movements in young children

Category

Journal Article

Authors

Vinter, A., Chartrel, E.

Year

2010

Title

Effects of different types of learning on handwriting movements in young children

Journal / book / conference

Learning and Instruction

Abstract

This experiment aimed at studying the benefits of different types of training (visual, motor, or visual-motor), in comparison to a control group, on 5-year-olds' performance in a task of writing cursive letters. The visual-motor training was shown to be the most effective training. The efficacy of visual training was clear at the letter quality level, and the impact of the motor training was shown at the movement fluency level. We assume that the visual training better contributes to learning the shape of the letter trajectory, while the motor training better contributes to improve handwriting movement execution.

Volume

20

Pages

476-486

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