Space Size and Accuracy of Kindergarten and First Grade Students’ Manuscript Handwriting

A comparison was made between the accuracy of handwriting on large-spaced paper (2.25 cm) and normal-spaced paper (1.1 cm) of urban and suburban kindergarten and first grade students. Results indicated that suburban students produce more accurate letter strokes with large-spaced paper than with normal-spaced paper. Space size of writing paper generated no differences in correct manuscript strokes for urban students. With large-spaced paper suburban students produced more accurate manuscript strokes than urban students, but when normal-spaced writing paper was employed, there were no differences between urban and suburban students. Results suggest that space size of writing paper results in more correct manuscript letter strokes after a degree of competence in letter formation has been achieved. 379-386.