Teknoloji Çağında El Yazısı: Okunaklılığı Etkileyen İçsel ve Dışsal Faktörler

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 2, 440 - 484, 30.09.2025

İclal Gökkuş

https://doi.org/10.59534/jcss.1737322

Öz

El yazısı, bir yazma aracının kavranıp bir yüzey üzerinde sürtünme yoluyla hareket ettirilmesiyle, yazara ait özgün grafik işaretlerin ortaya çıkarıldığı, tek elle gerçekleştirilen, bilişsel, algısal, duyusal, motor becerileri içeren bir etkinliktir. Teknolojik gelişmelerle birlikte el yazısı, bazı araştırmacılar, eğitimciler ve öğrenciler için önemsiz bir öğrenme aracı olarak görülmeye başlanmıştır. Ayrıca, Türkiye yapılan çalışmalarda da el yazısı yeterliliğinin önemli göstergelerinden biri olan okunaklılığın, ilkokul öğrencilerin de yeterli düzeyde olmadığı görülmüştür. Bu çalışmanın amacı, literatür taraması sonucu elde edilen bilgiler doğrultusunda teknoloji çağında olmamıza rağmen eğitimde el yazısının kullanılmasının neden gerekli olduğunu ve el yazısında yeterliliğin göstergesi olan “okunaklılığı” etkileyen faktörleri belirlemektir. Çalışmada geleneksel derleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Bu amaçla el yazısı becerisinin edinilmesi ve kullanılmasının gerekliliği değerlendirilmiş ve okunaklılık üzerine yapılmış olan çalışmalar incelenerek okunaklılığı etkileyen faktörler ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre, teknolojik gelişmelerle farklı yazı üretim şeklileri ortaya çıksa bile el yazısının kullanılması ve öğretilmesi önemini hala koruduğu görülmüştür. İncelenen çalışmalar doğrultusunda, okunaklılığı etkileyen faktörler içsel ve dışsal olmak üzere iki başlık altında sınıflandırılmıştır. İçsel faktörler, nöromotor/ sensörimotor, ortografik, bilişsel faktörler başlıkları altında; dışsal faktörler ise çevresel ve ergonomik faktörler başlıkları altında ele alınmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Teknoloji , El yazısı , Okunaklılık , İçsel Faktörler , Dışsal Faktörler

Etik Beyan

Bu makale intihal tespit yazılımlarıyla taranmıştır. Benzerlik tespit edilmemiştir. Bu çalışmada “Yükseköğretim Kurumları Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayın Etiği Yönergesi” kapsamında uyulması belirtilen kurallara uyulmuştur. Çalışma tek yazar tarafından yürütülmüştür

Destekleyen Kurum

Çalışma kapsamında herhangi bir kurum veya kişi ile çıkar çatışması bulunmamaktadır.

Handwriting in the Age of Technology: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Affecting Legibility

Öz

Handwriting is an activity done with one hand that involves cognitive, perceptual, sensory, and motor skills. It requires grasping a writing instrument and moving it across a surface through friction to produce unique graphic signs that belong to the writer. With technological advancements, handwriting has begun to be viewed as an unimportant learning tool by some researchers, educators, and students. In addition, studies conducted in Türkiye have shown that legibility, which is one of the critical indicators of handwriting proficiency, is not at a sufficient level for primary school students. This study aims to determine why handwriting is still necessary in education, despite the prevalence of technology, and the factors affecting “legibility”, an indicator of handwriting proficiency, as identified through the literature review. The traditional compilation method was used in the study. For this purpose, the necessity of acquiring and using handwriting skills was evaluated, and the factors affecting legibility were attempted to be revealed by examining studies conducted on legibility. According to the study's results, it was observed that despite the emergence of various writing production methods with technological advancements, the importance of using and teaching handwriting remains. In line with the studies reviewed, the factors affecting legibility were classified into two categories: internal and external. Internal factors were addressed under the headings of neuromotor/sensorimotor, orthographic, and cognitive factors; external factors were addressed under the headings of environmental and ergonomic factors.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Technology , Handwriting , Legibility , Intrinsic Factors , Ectrinsic Factors

Etik Beyan

This article has been scanned by plagiarism detection softwares. No similarity detected. In this study, the rules stated in the “Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive” were followed. The study was conducted by a single author

Destekleyen Kurum

There is no conflict of interest with any institution or person within the scope of the study.

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