Relationship between visual-motor integration and handwriting skills of children in kindergarten: A modified replication study

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 459-462

  Daly, Christopher J ^a,b   Kelley, Gail T ^a   Krauss, Andrea ^c  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b School of Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Fine motor skills; Visual motor integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; EVALUATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0642336168     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.4.459     Document Type: Article

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