Alternative Paper Material: a Tool to Enhance the HandWriting Skills of Grade 1 Pupils

Authors

  • Shela V. Adlawan

Keywords:

handwriting

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Learning handwriting at an early age helps children become more successful in school and life. It is the stage wherein children should take it slowly and build upon the skills they already have after having strong fine motor skills learned during kindergarten. However, technology is bound to continue developing and more research is needed to identify the best way to teach handwriting to young children.

 

METHODS

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an Alternative Paper Materials as a strategy to enhance the handwriting skills of Grade 1 pupils. This study utilized an alternative paper material with variant sets and rubrics as measurement tool. Participants served as their own controls. Data was collected during weighted baseline period and during an intervention period. This study included 9 Grade -1 pupils enrolled at Tagbobo Elementary School.

 

RESULTS

The result of the research shows that a comparison between the baseline period and after an intervention has a significant difference. There were 6 out of 9 participants who were remarked as poor in handwriting and 3 remarked as good during a baseline period. Thus, only 1 participant got a good remark, while 8 got a very good remarks after an intervention.

 

DISCUSSIONS

The researcher grasped the needs to create a learning environment where writing is encouraged. There must be writing utensils available for young children to practice writing proper guidance and follow up is highly necessary in order for a child to build the sense of accomplishment for them to become imaginative and creative, form thoughts and write them down, builds confidence, a better readers and become more successful in school and in life.

Published

2019-01-18