Relationship between visual-motor integration and spatial organization of written language and math

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-142

  Barnhardt, Carmen ^a   Borsting, Eric ^a   Deland, Paul ^b   Pham, Nicole Pahm ^a   Vu, Tina ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fine motor skills; Mathematics; Spatial organization; Visual motor integration; Written language

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; TEACHING; VISION AIDS;

ACADEMICS; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION LANGUAGE; VISUAL-MOTOR INTEGRATION;

VISION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WRITING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 13844276208     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OPX.0000153266.50875.53     Document Type: Article

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