Treatment of handwriting problems in beginning writers: Transfer from handwriting to composition

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 652-666

  Berninger, Virginia W ^a   Vaughan, Katherine B ^a   Abbott, Robert D ^a   Abbott, Sylvia P ^a   Rogan, Laura Woodruff ^a   Brooks, Allison ^a   Reed, Elizabeth ^a   Graham, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0031327820     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.89.4.652     Document Type: Article

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