The effect of contextual relevance on motor skill transfer

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 558-565

  Matthew, C ^a   Rice, Martin S ^b  

^a Children's Center   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Learning; Psychomotor performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012256560     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.55.5.558     Document Type: Article

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