Legibility Ratings for Handwriting Samples: A Pragmatic Approach

Otto, Wayne; Askov, Eunice N.; Cooper, Carin

doi:10.2466/pms.1967.25.2.638

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“…Further, Otto, Askov, and Cooper (1967) found that teachers experienced in using handwriting scales can make reliable judgments regarding legibility of a student's handwriting.…”

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Handwriting Research and Practice: A Unified Approach

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1980

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A man walked into a New England bank and shoved a. piece of paper under one of the teller's windows. The teller carefully examined the note, then kicked the alarm button. Within minutes police officers converged on the scene and arrested the man. They later discovered that the suspect was a respected businessman suffering from laryngitis and illegible handwriting. The note was a poorly written request for a new checkbook (O'Brien, 1959).The aftereffects of malformed print are usually not so bizarre. Nonetheless, within today's schools poor handwriting has aptly been dubbed an instructional time thief (Enstrom, 1967). Students with handwriting difficulties often lose considerable time completing assignments, and teachers forfeit precious time attempting to grade papers marred by illegible letters and words. Poor penmanship is a barrier to both expressive writing and spelling achievement (Strickling, 1973). Further, regardless of content, teachers assign higher scores to papers with handwriting of good quality (

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“…Further, Otto, Askov, and Cooper (1967) found that teachers experienced in using handwriting scales can make reliable judgments regarding legibility of a student's handwriting.…”

Section: Figurementioning

confidence: 99%