Relationships between academic performance, SES school type and perceptual-motor skills in first grade South African learners: NW-CHILD study

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 370-378

  Pienaar, A E ^a   Barhorst, R ^b,c   Twisk, J W R ^b,c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Math; Motor proficiency; Perceptual; Reading; School readiness; Writing

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; VISION;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84898541023     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12059     Document Type: Article

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