Students' self-recording of manuscript letter strokes

A method to allow students to self-record manuscript letter strokes was applied to three groups of first-grade school children. These children learned to use plastic overlays in some 80 to 120 min, with agreement between students and experimenter concerning correctness averaging 79%, 82%, and 84% in the three groups. A practical method allowing children to record their letter writing, thus receiving immediate feedback appears to have been demonstrated.