A randomised controlled trial of the Helping Handwriting Shine programme

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Children's handwriting ability; children's writing composition ability; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13315075
• Lead Sponsor: ational Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)

Brief Summary

Funder report results in https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Projects/Evaluation_Reports/Helping_Handwriting_Shine_Report_-_final.pdf funder report (added 02/02/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-07-24
• Study Completion: 2020-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4216

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible schools:
1. Mainstream state schools in England with both a Year 2 and a Year 5
2. From the following regions in England: North East, Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield

All students in Year 2 at the beginning of the 2018/19 academic year, and selected students in Year 5

Year 5 students are selected by teachers using the following criteria:
1. Slow and effortful hand writers
2. Those that are faster but unable to read their own handwriting
Teachers will use these criteria to select between 4-12 students, who are then randomised into control and intervention within the school

Exclusion Criteria

1. Schools geographically outside of the target areas
2. Special schools, pupil referral units
3. Schools who have not signed MoU and provided data

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Students' overall writing ability, measured by the Writing Assessment Measure (Dunsmuir, Kyriacou, Batuwitage, Hinson, Ingram and O’Sullivan, 2013), marked using Comparative Judgement, at baseline and follow-up<br><br> Year 2 baseline: June – July 2018<br> Year 5 baseline: September – October 2018<br> Year 2/5 follow-up: June – July 2019<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Students' overall writing ability, measured on all Year 5 students and a random subset of Year 2 pupils using the Writing Assessment Measure (see primary outcome measure), marked using published criterion-referenced mark scheme, at baseline and follow up<br> 2. Students' handwriting speed, measured on the sample subsample, using the Handwriting Speed Test (Wallen, Bonney and Lennox, 2006), at baseline and follow-up<br><br> Year 2 baseline: June – July 2018<br> Year 5 baseline: September – October 2018<br> Year 2/5 follow-up: June – July 2019<br>