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Individual and sex differences in speed of handwriting among high school students
1Psychology Department, Hospital for Special Care, New Britain, CT 06053, USA.
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
A group of 153 high school students participated in a cursive handwriting task which required them to copy sentences as quickly as possible. The 78 girls performed significantly better than the 75 boys and a substantial range of speed for each sex was found. The results have implications for more demanding writing and composition processes. Handwriting speed has the potential to act as a limiting factor under some circumstances.