Ufkun Ötesi Bilim Dergisi

Yazarlar: Şermin Tükel KAVAK, Gonca BUMİN

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Özet: Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of Minnesota Handwriting Test making Turkish version The students between ages 8-12 attending second and third class of Kurtuluş Primary School were included the study. The word sequences which consist of each Turkish letter were created. The handwriting test was applied two times to 60 students for reliability and intraclass correlation coefficient was calculated. According to the class teachers’ reports, students with good (n=30) and poor (n=30) handwriting were assessed to test constructional validity. The relationship between Minnesota Handwriting Test and design copying subtest of Ayres Southern California Sensory Integration Test was investigated in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (n=26) and healthy children (n=32) to test concurrent validity. The handwriting test was highly reliable in rate (R1>0.90), legibility (R1>0.90), form (R1>0.90), alignment (R1>0.90), space (R1>0.90) and size (R1>0.90) parameters. The significant differences were found in rate (p<0.005), legibility (p<0.001), form (p<0.001), size (p<0.05), alignment (p<0.001) and space (p<0.001) parameters in children with good and poor handwriting. The significant relationship was observed between design copying and size parameter of handwriting test (r: 0.759, p<0.01). The results of our study demonstrated that the Turkish version of Minnesota handwriting test is reliable and valid instrument to assess handwriting abilities of Turkish children between ages 8-12.

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