title: Comparison of cursive models for handwriting instruction.
abstract: The efficiency of four different cursive handwriting styles as model alphabets for handwriting instruction of primary school children was compared in a cross-sectional field experiment from Grade 3 to 6 in terms of the average handwriting speed developed by the children and the average rate of convergence of the children's handwriting to the style of their model. It was concluded that styles with regular entry stroke patterns give the steadiest rate of convergence to the model and styles with short ascenders and descenders and strokes with not too high curvatures give the highest handwriting speed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Dragvoll, Norway.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karlsdottir
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005556:Form Perception; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011932:Reading; D013663:Teaching