Writing Readiness Inventory Tool in Context (<scp>WRITIC</scp>): Reliability and convergent validity

Hartingsveldt, Margo J. van; Cup, Edith; Groot, I. de; Sanden, Maria W. G. Nijhuis-van der

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“…The other subdomains are criterion referenced and provide valuable information for advice and intervention. The WRITIC‐TP has high internal consistency after factor analysis, discriminates between children with good and poor performance of paper‐and‐pencil tasks and has excellent test–re‐test and inter‐rater reliability (van Hartingsveldt et al, , ). The WRITIC‐TP, administered in kindergarten, is found to be the main predictor for handwriting quality (van Hartingsveldt et al, ) evaluated in Grade 1 by the Systematic Screening for Handwriting Difficulties (Smits‐Engelsman et al, ).…”

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“…Conceptual model of handwriting readiness and its relation to handwriting, text writing and performance components, based on the model of Berninger (Abbott and Berninger, ; Berninger et al, ; van Hartingsveldt et al, , ; Volman et al, )…”

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“…The WRITIC has items in three domains and six subdomains: child ("interest" and "sustained attention"), environment ("physical" and "social") and paper-and-pencil tasks ("task performance" and "intensity of performance"). In a series of studies, the reliability and validity of the WRITIC have been established (van Hartingsveldt et al, 2014a(van Hartingsveldt et al, , 2014c.…”

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Evaluating Fine Motor Coordination in Children Who Are Not Ready for Handwriting: Which Test Should We Take?

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When children are not ready to write, assessment of fine motor coordination may be indicated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate which fine motor test, the Nine-Hole Peg Test (9-HPT) or the newly developed Timed Test of In-Hand Manipulation (Timed-TIHM), correlates best with handwriting readiness as measured by the Writing Readiness Inventory Tool In Context-Task Performance (WRITIC-TP). From the 119 participating children, 43 were poor performers. Convergent validity of the 9-HPT and Timed-TIHM with WRITIC-TP was determined, and test-retest reliability of the Timed-TIHM was examined in 59 children. The results showed that correlations of the 9-HPT and Timed-TIHM with the WRITIC-TP were similar (rs = À0.40). The 9-HPT and the complex rotation subtask of the Timed-TIHM had a low correlation with the WRITIC-TP in poor performers (rs = À0.30 and À0.32 respectively). Test-retest reliability of the Timed-TIHM was significant (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient = 0.71). Neither of these two fine motor tests is appeared superior. They both relate to different aspects of fine motor performance. One of the limitations of the methodology was unequal numbers of children in subgroups. It is recommended that further research is indicated to evaluate the relation between development of fine motor coordination and handwriting proficiency, on the Timed-TIHM in different age groups.

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“…Another possible limitation is the use of 10 different raters: there could be a bias between them. However, in a parallel study (van Hartingsveldt et al, 2013) we evaluated inter-rater reliability of WRITIC and this was sufficient.…”

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“…Thereby three motor tasks are observed: cutting, in-hand manipulation, and crossing midline of the body. The content and feasibility of SPOT have been evaluated and validated using the consensus technique through a Delphi survey of two expert rounds (van Hartingsveldt et al, 2006). Although SPOT is extensively used by pediatric occupational and physical therapists in the Netherlands and Belgium, there is a lack of an international quantitative valid assessment for writing readiness which can be used in the prewriting phase.…”

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Development of the Writing Readiness Inventory Tool in Context (WRITIC)

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Vries²,

Cup³

et al. 2014

Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics

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This article describes the development of the Writing Readiness Inventory Tool in Context (WRITIC), a measurement evaluating writing readiness in Dutch kindergarten children (5 and 6 years old). Content validity was established through 10 expert evaluations in three rounds. Construct validity was established with 251 children following regular education. To identify scale constructs, factor analysis was performed. Discriminative validity was established by examining contrast groups with good (n = 142) and poor (n = 109) performers in paper-and-pencil tasks. Content validity was high with 94.4% agreement among the experts. Two reliable factors were found in the performance of paper-and-pencil tasks with Cronbach's alphas of 0.82 and 0.69 respectively. The contrast groups differed significantly in two WRITIC subdomains: "Sustained attention" and "Task performance". Our findings indicated that the WRITIC is feasible for use in the classroom.

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Houten²

2017

Grondslagen Van De Ergotherapie

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Writing Readiness Inventory Tool in Context (WRITIC): Reliability and convergent validity

Cited by 17 publications

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Evaluating Fine Motor Coordination in Children Who Are Not Ready for Handwriting: Which Test Should We Take?

Evaluating Fine Motor Coordination in Children Who Are Not Ready for Handwriting: Which Test Should We Take?

Development of the Writing Readiness Inventory Tool in Context (WRITIC)

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