HANDWRITING: COPYING VERSUS TRACING AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE TYPE OF PRACTICE

AbstractKindergarten and second grades Ss were given either copying or tracing practice exercises in teaching them to reproduce ten shorthand forms from memory. At the end of the five-week treatment period, the copying treatment group in both grades achieved significantly higher post test scores. No significant interaction between treatment condition and grade was found. Results corroborate the findings of an earlier study by Hirsch and Niedermeyer in which a different tracing strategy was employed.