Arabic Handwriting Vs. Keyboarding: Performance and Underlying Body Functions Among Elementary-School Students.
gSchool-based occupational therapists (OTs) support students' participation in academic activities, including handwriting and keyboarding, which are major basic academic skills. To this end, it is important that OTs understand what these activities entail. Yet, only a few studies compared keyboardin...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 185 - 200 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan-Mar2025
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