Rehabilitation Department, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Am J Occup Ther. 2010 Jan-Feb;64(1):37-46. doi: 10.5014/ajot.64.1.37.
To determine the reliability and aspects of validity of the Evaluation Tool of Children's Handwriting-Cursive (ETCH-C; Amundson, 1995), using the general scoring criteria, when assessing children who use alternative writing scripts.
Children in Years 5 and 6 with handwriting problems and a group of matched control participants from their respective classrooms were assessed with the ETCH-C twice, 4 weeks apart.
Total Letter scores were most reliable; more variability should be expected for Total Word scores. Total Numeral scores showed unacceptable reliability levels and are not recommended. We found good discriminant validity for Letter and Word scores and established cutoff scores to distinguish children with and without handwriting dysfunction (Total Letter <90%, Total Word <85%).
The ETCH-C, using the general scoring criteria, is a reliable and valid test of handwriting for children using alternative scripts.
使用通用评分标准，确定儿童手写草书评估工具（ETCH-C；Amundson，1995 年）评估使用替代书写脚本的儿童时的可靠性和有效性方面。
对五年级和六年级有书写问题的儿童以及来自他们各自教室的一组匹配对照组参与者，使用 ETCH-C 进行两次评估，两次评估间隔 4 周。
总字母分数最可靠；总单词分数的可变性应该更大。总数字分数显示出不可接受的可靠性水平，不建议使用。我们发现字母和单词分数具有良好的判别有效性，并建立了区分有无书写功能障碍的儿童的临界分数（总字母<90%，总单词<85%）。
使用通用评分标准的 ETCH-C 是一种可靠且有效的评估使用替代脚本的儿童手写能力的测试工具。
