Test-retest, interrater, and intrarater reliability, and construct validity of the handwriting speed test in year 3 and year 6 students

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-42

  Wallen, Margaret ^a   Mackay, Suzanne ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Handwriting; Handwriting Speed Test; Measurement; Pediatrics; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER;

EID: 0032725513     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J006v19n01_03     Document Type: Article

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