Your Therapy Source Magazine for Pediatric Therapists July 2016 | Page 5

The Journal of Writing Research published a study on developing writers in grades
4-7 to compare manuscript, cursive and keyboard letter formation. One study
instructed the children to write the alphabet from memory as quickly as they
could without sacrificing legibility since previous research indicated that the
number of legible manuscript letters in correct order during the first 15 seconds is
an index of automatic letter access, retrieval, and production. Each of the 113
neurotypical participants were instructed to form the letters of the alphabet from
memory for 15 seconds as manuscript letters, cursive letters and keyboarded
letters. In addition, two spelling measures and one composition measure were
administered in order to establish their relationship with handwriting.

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