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Effects of a structured handwriting readiness program on the fine motor skills of children in head start

dc.contributor.advisorDonica, Deniseen_US
dc.contributor.authorWinslow, Brittnien_US
dc.contributor.departmentOccupational Therapyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-18T20:13:07Z
dc.date.available2014-01-31T13:06:19Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a structured handwriting readiness program on improving fine motor skills of preschool children attending a rural Head Start. Pre- and post-testing of an experimental classroom and a control classroom was completed using the Fine Manual Control and Manual Coordination composites of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency Second Edition (BOT-2). The experimental classroom was exposed to the Fine Motor and Early Writing curriculum during center time in approximately four, 5-10 minute increments, twice a week for 16 weeks. Data analysis indicated that the experimental class had an increase greater than the control class in mean total point scores between pre-test and post-test in the Fine Motor Integration and Manual Dexterity subtests. The data also supported the use of the Fine Motor and Early Writing curriculum with preschool students with the largest deficit in fine motor skills by indicating an increase in scores for the lower quadrant of scores for the Fine Motor Control, Fine Motor Integration, Manual Dexterity and Upper-Limb Coordination subtests. Overall, data analysis suggests that the Fine Motor and Early Writing curriculum has a positive effect on the development of fine motor integration and manual dexterity skills in preschool children, and an even greater effect on the students with greater fine motor delay.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.S.en_US
dc.format.extent79 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/3726
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectEducation, Elementaryen_US
dc.subjectTeacher educationen_US
dc.subjectFine motor skillsen_US
dc.subjectHead Starten_US
dc.subjectOccupational Therapyen_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschool
dc.subject.meshEarly Intervention (Education)
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHandwriting
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMotor Skills--physiology
dc.subject.meshOccupational Therapy--methods
dc.subject.meshPsychological Tests
dc.subject.meshTreatment Outcome
dc.subject.meshPsychomotor Performance
dc.titleEffects of a structured handwriting readiness program on the fine motor skills of children in head starten_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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