Pen or keyboard in beginning writing instruction? Some perspectives from embodied cognition

A Mangen, L Balsvik - Trends in neuroscience and education, 2016 - Elsevier
Reading and writing are increasingly digitized at all levels of education, and in beginning
writing instruction, children are often introduced to writing by using keyboards rather than by …

Handwriting difficulties in developmental coordination disorder (DCD)

AL Barnett, M Prunty - Current Developmental Disorders Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Handwriting is a particular difficulty in DCD. Children who
struggle to produce legible and sufficiently fast handwriting may under-achieve at school …

Using tablet computers to teach preschool children to write letters: Exploring the impact of extrinsic and intrinsic feedback

MM Patchan, CS Puranik - Computers & education, 2016 - Elsevier
With the increasing popularity of touchscreen devices, using technology to support young
children's learning has become more accessible. However, given the relative novelty of …

Effect of touch screen tablet use on fine motor development of young children

LY Lin, RJ Cherng, YJ Chen - Physical & occupational therapy in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: To investigate the effects of touch-screen tablet use on the fine motor development of
preschool children without developmental delay. Methods: 40 children who used a touch …

Literacy training of kindergarten children with pencil, keyboard or tablet stylus: The influence of the writing tool on reading and writing performance at the letter and …

C Mayer, S Wallner, N Budde-Spengler… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
During the last years, digital writing devices are increasingly replacing handwriting with
pencil and paper. As reading and writing skills are central for education, it is important to …

Handwriting on a tablet screen: Role of visual and proprioceptive feedback in the control of movement by children and adults

J Guilbert, D Alamargot, MF Morin - Human movement science, 2019 - Elsevier
Tablets are increasingly being used in schools for a variety of handwriting tasks. Given that
the control of handwriting relies on both visual and proprioceptive feedback, especially in …

Is handwriting performance affected by the writing surface? Comparing preschoolers', second graders', and adults' writing performance on a tablet vs. Paper

S Gerth, A Klassert, T Dolk, M Fliesser… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Due to their multifunctionality, tablets offer tremendous advantages for research on
handwriting dynamics or for interactive use of learning apps in schools. Further, the …

Automated systems for diagnosis of dysgraphia in children: A survey and novel framework

J Kunhoth, S Al-Maadeed, S Kunhoth, Y Akbari… - International Journal on …, 2024 - Springer
Learning disabilities, which primarily interfere with basic learning skills such as reading,
writing, and math, are known to affect around 10% of children in the world. The poor motor …

Dynamic signatures: A review of dynamic feature variation and forensic methodology

J Linden, R Marquis, S Bozza, F Taroni - Forensic science international, 2018 - Elsevier
This article focuses on dynamic signatures and their features. It provides a detailed and
critical review of dynamic feature variations and circumstantial parameters affecting dynamic …

Handwriting delay in dyslexia: Children at the end of primary school still make numerous short pauses when producing letters

D Alamargot, MF Morin… - Journal of learning …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Developmental dyslexia is defined as a specific reading disorder but is also thought to be
underpinned by a deficit in motor skills that may well affect handwriting performance …