Formative evaluation of handwriting quality

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 97, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1231-1264

  Stefansson, Thorarinn ^a   Karlsdottir, Ragnheidur ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 4143113507     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.97.3f.1231     Document Type: Article

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