Assessing handwriting speed of children biliterate in Eglish and Chinese

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 685-694

  Chow, Susanna M K ^a   Choy, Sze Wai ^a   Mui, Siu Kei ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141834634     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.2.685     Document Type: Article

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