title: Individual and sex differences in speed of handwriting among high school students.
abstract: A group of 153 high school students participated in a cursive handwriting task which required them to copy sentences as quickly as possible. The 78 girls performed significantly better than the 75 boys and a substantial range of speed for each sex was found. The results have implications for more demanding writing and composition processes. Handwriting speed has the potential to act as a limiting factor under some circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Hospital for Special Care, New Britain, CT 06053, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D012737:Sex Factors; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis