Hamstra-Bletz L, Blöte A W
Department of Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Percept Mot Skills. 1990 Jun;70(3 Pt 1):759-70. doi: 10.2466/pms.1990.70.3.759.
To investigate the development of handwriting in primary school children a study was conducted in which the scripts of 127 pupils were rated yearly, starting in Grade 2. Children were followed-up on for 3, 4, or 5 yr. The BHK-scale for children's handwriting was used for rating the scripts on 13 characteristics and for measuring the speed of writing. The shifts in frequency of occurrence of the various characteristics over time were analyzed using Correspondence Analysis. A one-dimensional solution was chosen, yielding a time dimension. Results were interpreted in terms of (a) children's growing motor ability, (b) a deterioration of the form aspects of the script as they had initially learned those, and (c) the development of a personal writing style with regard to esthetic aspects. A strong relation was found between the speed of writing and grade.
为了研究小学生书写能力的发展，开展了一项研究，对127名学生从二年级开始每年的书写样本进行评分。对这些孩子进行了3年、4年或5年的跟踪调查。使用儿童笔迹的BHK量表对书写样本的13个特征进行评分，并测量书写速度。使用对应分析来分析各种特征出现频率随时间的变化。选择了一维解决方案，得出一个时间维度。结果从以下几个方面进行解释：(a)儿童不断发展的运动能力；(b)书写样本形式方面的退化，因为他们最初是这样学习的；(c)在审美方面个人书写风格的发展。发现书写速度与年级之间存在密切关系。
