Automated Syntax Analyses of Drawing Two Tangent Patterns in Children with Low and Average Handwriting Ability

Abstract

Sequential strategies of digitized tablet drawings by 6–7–yr.-old children (N = 203) of average and below-average handwriting ability were analyzed. A Beery Visual Motor Integration (BVMI) and a Bender-Gestalt (BG) pattern, each composed of two tangential shapes, were predefined into area sectors for automatic analysis and adaptive mapping of the drawings. Girls more often began on the left side and used more strokes than boys. The below-average handwriting group showed more directional diversity and idiosyncratic strategies.

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