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- Title
Yazma Güçlüğü (Disgrafi) Olan Bir İlkokul 2. Sınıf Öğrencisinin El Yazısı Okunaklılığının Geliştirilmesi: Eylem Araştırması.
- Authors
Yıldız, Mustafa
- Abstract
The purpose of this research was to explore the development of handwriting legibility of a second grade student with dysgraphia. This action research focused on a teacher's practices and strategies to help the student with dysgraphia to improve his writing legibility. The participating student was a student in a public school setting in Ankara and a student in the researcher's classroom science his first grade. Based on observations, health reports, parents' thoughts and the student's hand writing workbook reports, the student's dysgraphia was resulted by developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Seven week long and 35 session action plan including sequences from big muscle movements to small muscle movements was proceeded to help the student to develop better handwriting legibility. To increase the legibility of the student's handwriting, before and after the action copying and dictation applications were carried out. The readability level of his handwriting was measured by the Multidimensional Legibility Scale. Findings indicated that the action plan was successfully shifted this student's handwriting legibility level from inappropriate to moderate level. Thus, by effective methods and procedures teachers may help students with dysgraphia to develop better handwriting legibility.
- Subjects
HANDWRITING; AGRAPHIA; TURKISH students; TEACHER effectiveness; TEACHING methods research
- Publication
Usak University Journal of Social Sciences / Uşak Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 4, p281
- ISSN
1308-738X
- Publication type
Article