Children's Handwriting Evaluation Tools and Their Psychometric Properties

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 65-84

  Feder, Katya Polena ^a   Majnemer, Annette ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Handwriting; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDREN HANDWRITING EVALUATION SCALE MANUSCRIPT; DIAGNOSIS AND REMEDIATION OF HANDWRITING PROBLEMS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; EVALUATION TOOL OF CHILDREN HANDWRITING MANUSCRIPT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MINNESOTA HANDWRITING TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST OF LEGIBLE HANDWRITING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0344197728     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J006v23n03_05     Document Type: Review

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