Teachers' Perceptions of Handwriting Legibility Versus the German Systematic Screening for Motoric-Handwriting Difficulties (SEMS).

ABSTRACT: Handwriting problems impact school achievement. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the agreement between teachers' opinions and the German Systematische Erfassung motorischer Schreibstörungen's (SEMS) handwriting test and to estimate the prevalence of handwriting problems. This was a prospective, correlational study. Teachers' ratings of handwriting from German children (Grades 2 and 4) were compared to SEMS scores. The agreement was calculated with Gwet's AC2; preliminary cutoffs and prevalence were assessed with receiver-operating characteristic curves. SEMS accurately identified Grade 2 children with handwriting problems (specificity = 98.21%, sensitivity = 100%) but fewer Grade 4 children with handwriting difficulties than did teachers (specificity 97.67%, sensitivity 28.5

SUBMITTER: Franken AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8479145 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature