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Coordination , Visual Spatial Skills and Handwriting
Frontiers in Psychology published research examining the relationship between motor coordination and handwriting skills , and to identify differences in handwriting between children without and with coordination difficulties with a focus on visual – spatial skills . Motor coordination , graphic abilities , visual – motor integration , visual – spatial skills , and other cognitive abilities ( memory and planning ) were assessed in 83 children aged 7 – 10 years . The results indicated the following :
no relation between motor coordination and handwriting skills visual – spatial skills ( measured by a visual-constructive task ) were related with both . The researchers concluded that general motor coordination does not have a direct link with the execution of graphic gesture patterns . Children with mild motor dysfunction were lower in visual reasoning abilities with respect to those with normal and good motor function .
Reference : Scordella , A et al . The role of general dynamic coordination in the handwriting skills of children . Front Psychol . 2015 ; 6 : 580 . Published online 2015 May 7 . doi : 10.3389 / fpsyg . 2015.00580
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Visual spatial skill requires the ability to visually perceive two or more objects in relation to each other . Visual spatial ability is very important in body awareness , spatial orientation , map skills , higher level math , computer skills , science and more .
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