The relationship between handwriting style and speed and legibility

Steve Graham; Naomi Weintraub; Virginia W. Berninger

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The relationship between handwriting style and speed and legibility

Steve Graham^*, Naomi Weintraub, Virginia W. Berninger

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School of Occupational Therapy

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The relationship between handwriting style and handwriting speed and legibility was investigated. Three samples of writing (narrative, expository, and copying) were collected from 600 students in Grades 4-9. The copying task provided a measure of handwriting speed, and all 3 writing samples were scored for handwriting style (manuscript, cursive, mixed-mostly manuscript, and mixed-mostly cursive) and legibility. The handwriting of students who used a mixed style was faster than the handwriting of the students who used either manuscript or cursive exclusively. In addition, papers written with mixed-mostly cursive letters generally received higher ratings for legibility than papers written with the other 3 styles did. There were no differences between manuscript and cursive in terms of legibility or speed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	290-297
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Educational Research
Volume	91
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00220679809597556
State	Published - 1 May 1998

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This research was supported by Grant 2.595843 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

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