Examining the contribution of handwriting and spelling to written expression in kindergarten children

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1523-1546

  Puranik, Cynthia S ^a   AlOtaiba, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Handwriting; Kindergarten; Literacy; Spelling; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864284320     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-011-9331-x     Document Type: Article

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