Fine Motor Skills and Executive Function Both Contribute to Kindergarten Achievement

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1229-1244

  Cameron, Claire E ^a   Brock, Laura L ^b   Murrah, William M ^a   Bell, Lindsay H ^c   Worzalla, Samantha L ^c   Grissmer, David ^a   Morrison, Frederick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING;

ACHIEVEMENT; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84863869299     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01768.x     Document Type: Article

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