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April 17, 2013Child Care Health and Development

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

Anita E. Pienaar R. Barhorst J.W.R. Twisk

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Abstract

Visual-motor integration, visual perception, hand control and motor proficiency are closely related to basic academic skills required in the first formal school year, especially among learners in low SES type schools.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69ec068b4d11275339c2fc65 https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12059

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