In the light of the continuing digital revolution in education and learning in general, and in
literacy instruction in particular, the purpose of this review is to assess the emerging …

Developmental deficits in the acquisition of writing skills (developmental dysgraphias) are
common and have significant consequences, yet these deficits have received relatively little …

This review focuses on the acquisition of writing motor aspects in adults, and in 5-to 12-year-
old children without learning disabilities. We first describe the behavioural aspects of adult …

How do we recall a word's spelling? How do we produce the movements to form the letters
of a word? Writing involves several processing levels. Surprisingly, researchers have …

We sought to ascertain how handwriting with a plastic-tipped pen on the screen of a digital
tablet affects graphomotor execution in students, compared with handwriting on paper with a …

This study examined the relationships between transcription, high-level writing processes,
and writing performance in Grades 7–8 (N= 196). Structural equation modeling was used to …

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 …

Due to their multifunctionality, tablets offer tremendous advantages for research on
handwriting dynamics or for interactive use of learning apps in schools. Further, the …

Aim Children with dyslexia (DYS) have a deficit in spelling (ie, central processes of writing),
and past experiments have suggested that they also frequently experience difficulties in …

Aim: Longitudinal studies are rare in the field of writing research, and little is known about
the concurrent development of the two transcription skills: spelling and handwriting. This …