Handwriting evaluation for developmental dysgraphia: Process versus product

Reading and Writing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-458

  Rosenblum, Sara ^a   Weiss, Patrice L ^a   Parush, Shula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Digitizer; Dysgraphia; Evaluation; Handwriting; School aged children

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344254749     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:READ.0000044596.91833.55     Document Type: Article

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