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Effect of Motor Programs upon Reading and Spelling Achievement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

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In the first paper in this volume, Jim Gardner called for more local research. This paper, a report on a research programme which looks at the effects of motor programmes on children’s reading and spelling improvement, is an answer to that plea. The researchers, using three types of movement programmes, draw useful conclusions on the value of such an approach in the improvement of reading and spelling skills in the children studied.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1977

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