The relationship between gross motor skills and academic achievement in children with learning disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2773-2779

  Westendorp, Marieke ^a   Hartman, Esther ^a   Houwen, Suzanne ^a   Smith, Joanne ^a   Visscher, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fundamental movement skills; Mathematics; Primary school age; Reading; Spelling

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING;

EID: 80053650371     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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