This powerpoint outlines why handwriting is important for academic success and discusses different studies done to evaluate the effectiveness of this program. One particular study cited looked at "the effectiveness of Handwriting Without Tears among students in inner city first grade classrooms. Pre- and post-test results showed that Handwriting Without Tears was effective at improving memory, orientation, placement, size, start, sequence, control, and spacing skills (Hape 2014)." This review goes on to cite other research completed to measure the effectiveness of this program. This program and another one titled first strokes are the two programs I have been using in the schools during fieldwork.
This powerpoint outlines why handwriting is important for academic success and discusses different studies done to evaluate the effectiveness of this program. One particular study cited looked at "the effectiveness of Handwriting Without Tears
among students in inner city first grade classrooms. Pre- and post-test results showed that Handwriting Without Tears was effective at improving memory,
orientation, placement, size, start, sequence, control, and spacing skills (Hape 2014)." This review goes on to cite other research completed to measure the effectiveness of this program. This program and another one titled first strokes are the two programs I have been using in the schools during fieldwork.