Reliability of occupational therapist and teacher evaluations of the handwriting quality of grade 5 and 6 primary school children

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 48-58

  Daniel, Michaela E ^a   Froude, Elspeth H ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educators; Handwriting quality; Occupational therapy; Primary school children; Rater reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHER;

EID: 0031833505     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1998.tb00782.x     Document Type: Article

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