To Compare the Effectiveness of Brain Gym Program versus Body Activated Learning Program on 6-12 Year Old Students’ Handwriting Skills and Postural Alignment

This study was set out to assess the efficacy of Brain gym program and Body Activated Learning program in improving handwriting performance and postural instability. A total of 180 students of grade 1 6 were screened out using the Handwriting Proficiency Screening Questionnaire, out of which 60 students having Handwriting deficiency were randomly assigned into one of the two intervention groups and a control group. The intervention group participated in the movement based program on a daily basis for 30 minutes for 8 weeks. Student's handwriting and posture were assessed using Test of handwriting skill Revised TSH R and New York posture rating scale NYPR respectively pre and post intervention. Within the study handwriting skills especially writing from memory, dictation, and copying and postural alignment significantly improved following Brain Gym and Body Activated Learning program as compared to the control group F 6, 112 = 3.822, p = .0001 effect size f = 0.25 . Body Activated Learning Program was more effective for addressing handwriting skills and postural alignment than Brain Gym program. From the result, we concluded that such movement based programs can be utilized for the enhancement of handwriting skills and postural alignment for school children. Kiran Sharma | Kaaynat Khan | Rashida Begum "To Compare the Effectiveness of Brain Gym Program versus Body Activated Learning Program on 6-12 Year Old Students' Handwriting Skills and Postural Alignment" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-2 , April 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd55145.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/medicine/other/55145/to-compare-the-effectiveness-of-brain-gym-program-versus-body-activated-learning-program-on-612-year-old-students'-handwriting-skills-and-postural-alignment/kiran-sharma