Fogel Yael, Rosenblum Sara, Barnett Anna L
Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Israel.
Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, Israel.
Hong Kong J Occup Ther. 2022 Jun;35(1):44-51. doi: 10.1177/15691861221075709. Epub 2022 Feb 18.
In school, children are required to perform a range of handwriting tasks. The writing needs to be legible to the child and other readers. The aim of this study was to examine handwriting legibility across different writing tasks and to explore which components might predict overall handwriting legibility. This was a secondary analysis of data from 148 school-aged children across writing scripts obtained from the Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting: copying-best, copying-quickly and free-writing. Results showed that letter formation was the major predictor of the total HLS score, and significant differences in handwriting legibility were found across the three tasks. The HLS is a practical tool that can benefit occupational therapists who work in schools by assessing handwriting legibility across different handwriting tasks.
在学校里，孩子们需要完成一系列书写任务。书写内容必须对孩子本人以及其他读者清晰可读。本研究的目的是检查不同书写任务中的笔迹清晰度，并探索哪些因素可能预测整体笔迹清晰度。这是一项对148名学龄儿童的二次数据分析，数据来自《书写速度详细评估》中的书写样本：最佳抄写、快速抄写和自由书写。结果表明，字母书写是整体笔迹清晰度得分的主要预测因素，并且在这三项任务中发现笔迹清晰度存在显著差异。整体笔迹清晰度是一种实用工具，可为在学校工作的职业治疗师提供帮助，通过评估不同书写任务中的笔迹清晰度来开展工作。
