Evaluation of the Visual Perception in ۸-۱۰ Years Old Students with Slow Handwriting Speed

The present study aimed to evaluate visual perception in ۸-۱۰ years old schoolchildren. Two girls' elementary schools were selected among the schools of district ۱, Hamedan. Slow handwriting speed test was conducted on all the students in the second, third, and fourth grades at each school. ۶۰ students (۳۰ with slow handwriting speed, and ۳۰ with normal handwriting speed) were selected as the subjects in this study. Handwriting speed tool proposed by Tseng and Chu (۲۰۰۰) was used to measure the slow handwriting speed and Frostig et al. test (۱۹۷۲) was used to measure the visual perception in the subjects. The results showed that the visual perception level in ۸ years old students with slow handwriting speed was low, whereas the visual perception level was moderate in the ۹ and ۱۰ years old students. Moreover, there was not a significant difference between eye-hand coordination, space condition perception, and spatial relationships perception scores of the students with normal and slow handwriting speed in all three age groups. There was a significant difference between the shape perception in the context and visual perception scores in the students with normal and slow handwriting speed at the age ۸. Additionally, a significant difference was found between the shape stability perception scores in the students with normal and slow handwriting speed at the age ۱۰. Data analysis showed that visual perception, especially in terms of shape perception in the context, influences on slow handwriting at lower ages. On the other hand, slow handwriting can be hardly affected by visual perception in students at the age groups of ۹-۱۰. In fact, it can be said that statistically visual perception is the same in both groups of normal and slow handwriting students’ groups, while a significant difference was found between visual perception scores of normal and slow handwriting children at the age ۸. Therefore, visual perception has effect on slow handwriting at this age.

کلیدواژه ها:

Visual Perception ، Slow Handwriting Speed ، Writing Disorder.