The relationship of young children's motor skills to later reading and math achievement

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 755-778

  Son, Seung Hee ^a,c,e   Meisels, Samuel J ^b,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERIKSON INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c School of Education   (United States)

^d Erikson Institution

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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