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Dinehart, Laura; Manfra, Louis – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Given the growing literature pertaining to the importance of fine motor skills for later academic achievement (D. W. Grissmer, K. J. Grimm, S. M. Aiyer, W. M. Murrah, & J. S. Steele, 2010), the current study examines whether the fine motor skills of economically disadvantaged preschool students predict later academic…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Psychomotor Skills, Academic Achievement, Preschool Children
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Bloch, Michael H.; Sukhodolsky, Denis G.; Leckman, James F.; Schultz, Robert T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Most children with Tourette's syndrome (TS) experience a significant decline in tic symptoms during adolescence. Currently no clinical measures have been identified that can predict whose tic symptoms will persist into adulthood. Patients with TS have deficits on neuropsychological tests involving fine-motor coordination and…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Economically Disadvantaged, Testing, Children