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Sex Differences in Handwriting: a comment on Spear
Author(s) -
Hartley James
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192910170204
Subject(s) - handwriting , spear , psychology , significant difference , developmental psychology , mathematics education , history , medicine , archaeology
Margaret Spear suggests either that there are differences between the handwriting of boys and girls or that teachers are operating with popular cultural stereotypes. This paper presents evidence to show that there are indeed substantial differences between the handwriting of boys and girls and that this difference is clearly recognised by seven to eight year‐olds.