Chinese handwriting performance of primary school children with dyslexia

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1745-1756

  Lam, Sutie S T ^a   Au, Ricky K C ^a   Leung, Howard W H ^b   Li Tsang, Cecilia W P ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese handwriting; Dyslexia; Stroke errors; Writing accuracy; Writing speed

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

EID: 79958245988     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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