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ERIC Number: EJ560297
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Treatment of Handwriting Problems in Beginning Writers: Transfer from Handwriting to Composition.
Berninger, Virginia W.; Vaughan, Katherine B.; Abbott, Robert D.; Abbott, Sylvia P.; Rogan, Laura Woodruff; Brooks, Allison; Reed, Elizabeth; Graham, Steve
Journal of Educational Psychology, v89 n4 p652-66 Dec 1997
First graders at risk for handwriting problems (n=144) were assigned to 1 of 6 treatment conditions, including handwriting instruction and phonological awareness training. Converging evidence across multiple measures shows that combining numbered arrows and memory retrieval was the most effective treatment for improving both handwriting and compositional fluency. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Handwriting, Memory, Primary Education, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Phonological Awareness; Retrieval (Memory)
Note: Research supported by Grant 25848-07 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.