copying speed in school children : comparison of meaningful and non-meaningful materials and desk vs. board copy
abstract
the purpose of this study was to develop a measure
of children's copying speed {conditions: making x's in
boxes, copying unfamiliar alphabet-like figures, writing
pronounceable nonsense syllables, and copying grade
appropriate paragraphs from the gray oral reading tests
presented as desk copy or board copy) and copy span. four
hundred twenty-five children in grades 2 through 8 were
tested. it was found that copy speed and copy span
increased with age and grade, that the relative speed of
the tasks varied between grades, and that girls were
faster than boys on tasks involving alphabet letters.
the copy speed and span test is a reliable measure of
children's copy speed and span that should be useful in
future research.
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