Abilità di scrittura e composizione del testo in bambini di scuola primaria

The present study aims to investigate the writing skills in primary school children and to analyze the relationship between the different components involved in the writing process. Written production was evaluated by considering the handwriting, spelling and narrative structure through the analysis of stories written by children. Sixty two children participated in the study distributed amomg III, IV and V class. The results showed a close relationship between processes "low level", such as handwriting and spelling skills, and the "high level " processes, like narrative writing composition. Children who produce most frequently spelling and handwriting errors, produce texts less complete in terms of narrative structure.