Differences in schoolwork performance between typically developing students and students with mild disabilities

OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 121-132

  Munkholm, Michaela ^a   Fisher, Anne G ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Occupational therapy; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 48649093275     PISSN: 15394492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15394492-20080601-06     Document Type: Article

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