Writing to dictation and handwriting performance among Chinese children with dyslexia: Relationships with orthographic knowledge and perceptual-motor skills

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3372-3383

  Cheng Lai, Alice ^a   Li Tsang, Cecilia W P ^a   Chan, Alan H L ^a   Lo, Amy G W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Dictation; Dyslexia; Handwriting; Orthographic; Perceptual motor skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NOMENCLATURE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY; WRITING;

CHINESE; DICTATION; DYSLEXIA; HANDWRITING; ORTHOGRAPHIC; PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR SKILLS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING;

EID: 84881266314     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.06.039     Document Type: Article

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