Abstract:SUMMARYThis study investigated whether tasks assessing hand preference should be included in an assessment battery for reading and writing difficulties in the second grade. Central to the investigation was the hypothesis that children with different hand preferences will differ in their reading and writing scores. Instruments to measure hand preference and manual dexterity were used in a sample of 350 second-grade schoolchildren (157 boys and 193 girls). along with reading and writing measures. The results ten… Show more
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