Computer Assessment and Remediation of Children's Handwriting

儿童笔迹的计算机评估和纠正

• 批准号: 7392045
• 负责人: MARION LITTLETON MEEKS
• 金额: $ 9.95万
• 依托单位: MEEKS ASSOCIATES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-26 至 2009-02-25
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7392045
• 关键词: Adult; Brain Injuries; Characteristics; Child; Cognitive; Computer software; Computers; Data; Development; Educational process of instructing; Effectiveness; Failure; Fingers; Goals; Handwriting; Happiness; Instruction; Lead; Learning; Letters; Location; Mainstreaming; Marketing; Measurement; Measures; Motor; Movement; Numbers; Parents; Participant; Performance; Personal Computers; Phase; Preparation; Process; Production; Programmed Instruction; Reporting; Research; Risk; Sampling; Schools; Score; Speed; Students; System; Tablets; Testing; Text; Time; Writing; base; design; elementary school; improved; pressure; prototype; remediation; skills; teacher; tool; visual feedback

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to test the feasibility of a computer-based system for assessing the handwriting skills of elementary-school students. The system will consist of a personal computer with a graphics tablet to input handwriting data and sophisticated software to track the characteristics of the writing. Research on the cognitive processes in children's handwriting suggests that children with slow, labored handwriting are at risk for failure in written composition. Research further suggests a strong relationship between a student's skill in written composition and his or her ability to make the automatic finger movements necessary for rapid, automatic production of handwriting. Generally, the quality of the handwriting process cannot be reliably evaluated by examination of the handwritten product. An objective, automatic assessment is necessary to determine the extent to which a child writes letters with automatic, kinesthetic movement or draws letters with much slower visual-feedback control. To develop a computer-based prototype for assessing the handwriting of developmentally appropriate children, we will record the writing of 15 children in grades 2-5 to obtain our target of 60 participants. On the basis of measures derived from these data, we will establish criterion-referenced cut-off scores to optimize the performance of the prototype. Should the research in Phase-I confirm the validity of computer-based assessment, we will propose in Phase II to develop and test a computer-based system (1) for teaching kinesthetic handwriting to students identified by the assessment system, (2) for improving the handwriting of mainstream students and adults, and (3) for remedial use by brain-injury victims. RELEVANCE: Handwriting skill is important to children in elementary school. Research has shown a strong relationship between skill in written composition and a student's ability to make the finger movements necessary for rapid, automatic production of handwriting. We propose to develop a computer-based system for handwriting instruction that can be delivered for $20-30 per student.

简介（由申请人提供）：我们建议测试一套以电脑为基础的系统，以评估小学生的书写能力。该系统将由一台带有输入手写数据的图形板的个人电脑和跟踪书写特征的复杂软件组成。对儿童书写认知过程的研究表明，书写缓慢、吃力的儿童在书面写作中有失败的风险。研究进一步表明，学生的写作技巧与他或她的自动手指运动能力之间有着密切的关系，这种能力是快速、自动书写所必需的。一般来说，手写过程的质量不能通过检查手写产品来可靠地评估。一个客观的、自动的评估是必要的，以确定一个孩子用自动的、动觉的运动来写字母的程度，或者用慢得多的视觉反馈控制来画字母的程度。为了开发一种评估发育适宜儿童笔迹的电脑原型，我们将记录15名2-5年级儿童的笔迹，以达到60名参与者的目标。根据这些数据得出的度量，我们将建立标准参考的截止分数来优化原型的性能。如果第一阶段的研究证实了基于计算机的评估的有效性，我们将在第二阶段提出开发和测试一个基于计算机的系统(1)用于向评估系统识别的学生教授动感书写，(2)用于改善主流学生和成人的书写，(3)用于脑损伤受害者的补救使用。相关性：书写技能对小学生来说是很重要的。研究表明，写作技巧与学生快速、自动书写所需的手指运动能力之间存在着密切的关系。我们建议开发一种基于计算机的书写教学系统，每个学生收费20-30美元。