Predicting handwriting performance of early elementary students with the developmental test of visual motor integration

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 661-669

  Marr, Deborah ^a   Cermak, Sharon ^b  

^a UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036780138     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.95.2.661     Document Type: Article

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