Effects of Training for In-Hand Manipulation on Legibility of Urdu Handwriting

Abstract

This research studied the effectiveness of training of In-Hand
Manipulation on typically developing children to study the improvement
in Urdu handwriting legibility of students of grade 4 and 5. Thirty nine
participants with poor handwriting were taken from the general
education schools. Pretest-Posttest Two Group Design was used in the
study. Nineteen participants of experimental group were given training
for the improvement of In-Hand Manipulation and 20 students from
control group performed only routine school activities with no extra
treatment. The results showed that overall legibility of experimental
group was improved significantly as compared to control group (t = 5.49,
p < 0.05). Overall readability (from -0.6 to 0.5), use of margin (from 0.5
to 0.8), shape of words (from 0.5 to 0.7), were improved components of
legibility in experimental group. This study may be taken as a first step
in the development of a tool for assessment of Urdu legibility in school
setting.