http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Glenda+Thorne%2C+Ph.D. Education Glenda Thorne, Ph.D. Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=62733&ca=Education The following strategies are offered to help students develop a more efficient and effective memory. This listing is by no means exhaustive, but rather is meant as a place to begin. 1. Take the mystery away. The first and perhaps most important strategy is to insure that all students understand how... Education Glenda Thorne, Ph.D. Sat, 20 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=53441&ca=Education 1. For children who have difficulty with orthographic coding, it may be helpful to tape an alphabet line to the corner of their desk for easy reference. 2. Students with graphomotor problems should be given extended time to complete written assignments and/or a reduction in the volume of written out... Education Glenda Thorne, Ph.D. Sat, 20 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=53448&ca=Education DESCRIPTION OF GRAPHOMOTOR SKILLS Handwriting is complex perceptual-motor skill that is dependent upon the maturation and integration of a number of cognitive, perceptual and motor skills, and is developed through instruction (Hamstra-Bletz and Blote, 1993; Maeland, 1992). While a plethora of inform...