A STUDY TO DETERMINE DEVELOPMENTAL TRENDS FOR CURSIVE HANDWRITING SPEED AMONG INDIAN CHILDREN

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify developmental trends for Cursive Handwriting speed among Indian children. METHOD Six hundred (n=600)children, aged 6 -10 years were recruited by means of convenience sampling procedure from normal schools. Evaluation Tools for Children Handwriting-Cursive [ETCH-C] was used to identify developmental trends. One way ANOVA was used to determine developmental trends for cursive handwriting speed in Near Point Copying and Far point copying.   The results showed that there was statistically significant difference between the age groups in Near Point Copying [F (3,579) = 35.76; p = .000] and Far Point Copying [(F (3,579) = 37.421; p = .000]. The results showed that there was statistically significant between the age groups.  The present study was concluded that Cursive handwriting Speed has developmental trends among Indian children. It depicts that when the age increases children cursive writing speed increases.