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Copy Skills and Writing Abilities in Children With and Without Specific Learning Disabilities.

Anna Maria Re¹, Francesca De Vita¹, Cesare Cornoldi²

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Children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) struggle with text copying speed and accuracy compared to typically developing (TD) peers. Their other writing skills benefit them less when copying text.

Keywords:

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Developmental Psychology
Educational Psychology
Neuroscience

Background:

Text copying is a fundamental skill for academic and daily functioning.
Systematic research on text copying, particularly in relation to specific learning disabilities (SLD), is lacking.
Understanding copying deficits is crucial for targeted educational interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the characteristics of text copying tasks.
To examine the relationship between text copying and other writing skills (handwriting speed, spelling, expressive writing).
To compare text copying performance between children with typical development (TD) and those with SLD.

Main Methods:

A cohort of 674 children with TD and 65 children with SLD (Grades 6-8) in Italy participated.
Participants completed a text copying task and other writing assessments.
Writing skills assessed included handwriting speed, spelling, and expressive writing.

Main Results:

Children with SLD demonstrated significantly lower speed and accuracy in text copying compared to children with TD.
For TD children, copy speed was influenced by grade level and all three writing skills; copy accuracy was affected by gender and all three writing skills.
For children with SLD, copy speed was predicted by handwriting speed and spelling; copy accuracy was predicted only by spelling.

Conclusions:

Children with SLD exhibit difficulties with text copying, impacting both speed and accuracy.
The benefits derived from other writing skills during text copying are less pronounced for children with SLD compared to TD children.
These findings highlight the need for specific support for text copying in children with SLD.