1st Edition
Handwriting Theory, Research and Practice
Authors and Contributors Acknowledgements Preface 1. The Current Situation 2. Beginning to Write: The Development of Graphomotor Skills 3. Pencil Grasp and Manipulation Jenny Ziviani 4. Graphic Development in the Early Years at School 5. Earlier Developments and Current Models 6. Causes of Poor Handwriting 7. Paper for Writing: Research and Recommendations J. George Pasternicki 8. Left -and Right-Handed Writers 9. Assessment Scales and Checklists 10. The Sequence and Structure of Handwriting Skills 11. The Assessment and Teaching of Handwriting Skills 12. Teaching Handwriting in the Secondary School Elizabeth Whitmarsh 13. Curricular Developments in Australasia 14. Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment 15. The Physically Handicapped Child: Special Needs for Handwriting 16. Handwriting and School Achievement: A Cross-Cultural Study Muriel Tarnopol and Nusia de Feldman 17. Conclusion Index
Biography
Jean Alston (at the time of the original publication of this book) was senior lecturer in special education, Crewe and Alsager College of higher education, Cheshire.
Jane Taylor (at the time of the original publication of this book) was a Peripatetic Remedial Teacher at the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre, London.
