Relationships between handwriting and keyboarding performance of sixth-grade students

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-39

  Rogers, Janet ^b   Case Smith, Jane ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computers; School based occupational therapy; Typing speed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

CHILD; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036371232     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.56.1.34     Document Type: Article

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