The development of handwriting speed and legibility in 900 children in Grades 1—9 was examined. Each student completed 3 writing tasks: copying a paragraph, writing a narrative, and writing an essay.

Mal Shield, Peter Galbraith, The Analysis of Student Expository Writing in Mathematics, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jun., 1998), pp. 29-52 ...

Mike Schmoker is an author, speaker, and consultant. He is the author of FOCUS: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, 2nd edition (ASCD, 2018).