Hamstra-Bletz L, Blöte A W
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
J Learn Disabil. 1993 Dec;26(10):689-99. doi: 10.1177/002221949302601007.
In an epidemiological study, the scripts of 121 Dutch primary-school children were evaluated annually, starting in Grade 2. The children were followed for 5 years. An evaluation scale for children's handwriting (the BHK scale) was used for rating the scripts on 13 characteristics and for measuring the speed of writing. Principal component analysis of the LONG matrix (in which the data collected on the five occasions are arranged beneath each other) yielded three clusters of items: (a) fine-motor ability, (b) structural performance, and (c) stylistic preference. It was found that the children with dysgraphic handwriting (10% scoring highest on the BHK quality items) had lower fine-motor ability and, in the higher grades, showed less preference for a personal style. Their structural performance also was poorer than that of the other writers. Children with and without dysgraphic handwriting did not differ in writing speed. Some implications of the study for handwriting instruction are discussed.
在一项流行病学研究中，从二年级开始，每年对121名荷兰小学生的笔迹进行评估。这些孩子被跟踪了5年。使用儿童笔迹评估量表（BHK量表）对笔迹的13个特征进行评分，并测量书写速度。对LONG矩阵（其中在五个时间点收集的数据相互排列）进行主成分分析，得出三类项目：（a）精细运动能力，（b）结构表现，以及（c）风格偏好。研究发现，书写困难的儿童（在BHK质量项目上得分最高的占10%）精细运动能力较低，在高年级时，对个人风格的偏好也较少。他们的结构表现也比其他书写者差。有书写困难和没有书写困难的儿童在书写速度上没有差异。讨论了该研究对笔迹教学的一些启示。
