Assessment of handwriting speed and factors influencing written output of university students in examinations

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 148-157

  Summers, Janet ^a   Catarro, Fatima ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Burnbury Community Health Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Examinations; Handwriting speed; University students; Written output

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND GRIP; HANDEDNESS; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

EID: 0142126305     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1630.2003.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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