Testing the effectiveness of handwriting interventions: introduction to the special issue

AbstractThis special issue was born within the COST Action IS1401ELN —Strengthening Europeans ’ Capabilities by Establishing the European Literacy Network, with the major goal of disseminating evidence-based practices to promote handwriting and motivate researchers to move this research field forward. This issue includes five articles testing a different range of interventions to promote handwriting in students with and without disabilities from kindergarten to middle grades, across multiple contexts (viz., United States, Switzerland, Belgium, and Portugal). A final commentary paper closes the special issue with a discussion on the importance of acquiring fluent and legible handwriting along with the contributions and limitations of the investigations presented in the special issue.
Source: Reading and Writing - Category: Child Development Source Type: research