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dc.contributor.authorShaw, Donita J.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-26T22:01:50Z
dc.date.available2012-03-26T22:01:50Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationMassengill Shaw, D. (2011). The Effect of Two Handwriting Approaches, D’Nealian and Sunform, on Kindergartners’ Letter Formations. Early Childhood Education Journal, 39(2), 125-132.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/8820
dc.descriptionThis is the Author's Final Draft. The original publication is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10643-011-0444-2.
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of two handwriting approaches, D’Nealian and Sunform, on kindergartners’ letter formations. Forty-one participants received D’Nealian handwriting instruction as the control group; 133 kindergartners were instructed in Sunform as the experimental approach. Pre-post tests at the beginning and end of school year asked kindergarten students to write the letters of the alphabet from memory. The letter formations were scored on a 4-point rubric for directionality and integration. The results showed the Sunform group had significantly higher scores on all but three letters of the alphabet. The D’Nealian students had considerably lower scores on missing or extra strokes, distortions and open letters. The findings of this study support the value of using an integrated, meaningful curriculum which appeals to young children and promotes a strong motor plan by requiring students to cross the midline to form counter-clockwise circles and diagonal lines. Implications for future research are included.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag
dc.subjectHandwriting
dc.subjectKindergarten
dc.subjectCurriculum
dc.subjectLegibility
dc.subjectAlphabet
dc.titleThe Effect of Two Handwriting Approaches, D'Nealian and Sunform, on Kindergartners' Letter Formations
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorShaw, Donita J.
kusw.kudepartmentLiteracy Education
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10643-011-0444-2
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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