How do primary grade teachers teach handwriting? A national survey

By Steve Graham, K. Harris, L. Mason, Barbara Fink-Chorzempa, Susan Moran, Bruce Saddler. 2008

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education

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Effects of different types of learning on handwriting movements in young children (2010, background): “The survey made by Graham et al. (2008) established that if teachers modeled how to produce a letter, they less regularly described verbally how a letter is built.”
Teaching Spelling in the Primary Grades: A National Survey of Instructional Practices and Adaptations (2008, background): “Eighty-eight percent of the primary-grade teachers in S. Graham et al. (2008) reported that they did not receive adequate preparation in their teacher preparation programs to teach handwriting.”
Want to Improve Children's Writing? Don't Neglect Their Handwriting. (2010, background): “Estimates of handwriting legibility difficulties in the elementary grades range from 12 percent of children to as high as 44 percent of children in urban schools.(7) And, as all teachers no doubt know, boys are at greater risk for such difficulties than girls.”
Handwriting in early childhood education: Current research and future implications (2015, unknown): “In fact, most teachers report failing to receive adequate instruction in their college courses prior to entering the ﬁeld (Graham et al., 2008).”
Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction (2011, background): “However, a national survey of primary teachers suggests that teachers have moved past that controversy, and most (60%) report using effective practices when teaching students to write letters (Graham et al., 2008).”
Almost 30 Years of Writing Research: Making Sense of it All with The Wrath of Khan (2009, methodology): “For instance, some teachers would have one long handwriting practice session each week (Graham, Harris, et al., 2008), even though motor skills are best learned through frequently spaced practices (Graham & Miller, 1980).”