Consistency of handwriting in early elementary students

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-167

  Marr, Deborah ^a   Cermak, Sharon ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Handwriting; Kindergarten; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING; CHILD; HANDWRITING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENTS;

EID: 0038820096     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.2.161     Document Type: Article

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