The Relationship between the Direction of Drawing the Letter Lines and the Drawing Speed and the Line Quality

Abstract

The mixed-method was used in this study to determine the relationship between the direction of drawing the letter lines and the speed of drawing and the quality of the lines. The research study population consists of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-grade students who continue their education in public primary schools in Esenler and Zeytinburnu districts of Istanbul. A total of 164 students, 41 of which were 1st, 39 2nd, 40 3rd, and 44 4th grade, selected using criterion sampling from purposeful sampling techniques, were determined as the study group. According to the research results, the line's drawing direction does not significantly affect the drawing time of the line in drawing a circle with vertical, oblique, and horizontal lines on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-grade levels. According to descriptive data, the vertical, right, and left slash lines at all grade levels are from top to bottom; horizontal lines were seen to be drawn faster from left to right. The circle's drawing direction has little effect on the drawing time of the circle; however, the circle is drawn faster than other lines. The lines' drawing direction is more effective on the quality of the lines than the line drawing speed. Students draw vertical and oblique letter lines from top to bottom; the line attributes increase when they draw the horizontal lines from left to right and the circle counterclockwise.