Assessing and Subtypes of Writing in Chinese School Children
- VernacularTitle:65名儿童中文书写评估及其类型初步分析
- Author:
Xiangzhi MENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
child psychiatry handwriting difficulty psychometric studies character copy subtype written expression writing skills
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To develop tools for assessing writing skills in Chinese children and classifying its subtypes. Methods: Using tasks of character copy, free writing according to pictures, shape copy and writing to dictation, 65 children with writing difficulties reported by their parents were investigated.Results: the inter rater reliability of character copy, free writing, and shape copy were high. Children could be classified into four subtypes based on character copy and free writing.Conclusion:Character writing skill and written expression are two factors for assessing Chinese writing. Patterns between subtypes at these two tasks are different.
