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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 5, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 591–595
Abstract
Visual perceptual skills play an important role in learning how to form letters. These skills are also important for copying, sizing, spacing and orienting letters and words correctly. The present study aimed to ascertain the contribution of visual perception in determining the quality of handwriting. The total sample for the study comprised of 160 public school children studying in grade 3 and 4. Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices was administered to ascertain intellectual abilities of the children. They were further evenly distributed across the categories of good and poor writers (English language) viz. children with good handwriting (n=80) and poor handwriting (n=80) by administering handwriting test by Lilley (2006). The visual perception test was also administered on the same sample. The results revealed that sub - skills of visual perception were found significantly higher among students with good handwriting. It signifies that children with good handwriting had better visual perceptual skills in contrast to children with poor handwriting.
Keywords
Visual Perception, Visual Discrimination, Visual Closure, Visual Motor Integration, Position in Space And Visual Analysis, Good Handwriting, Poor Handwriting
