Mathematical Skills in 3- and 5-Year-Olds with Spina Bifida and Their Typically Developing Peers: A Longitudinal Approach
| Autor: | Alba Agostino, Allison Stubbs, Kimberly P. Raghubar, Brenda L. Smith-Chant, Marcia A. Barnes, Jack M. Fletcher, Susan H. Landry, Heather B. Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Vocabulary Developmental Disabilities media_common.quotation_subject Statistics as Topic Neuropsychological Tests Article Developmental psychology Neurodevelopmental disorder Phonological awareness medicine Humans Mathematical ability Longitudinal Studies Association (psychology) Spinal Dysraphism Problem Solving media_common Spina bifida General Neuroscience Age Factors medicine.disease Fine motor skill Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Child Preschool Regression Analysis Female Neurology (clinical) Cognition Disorders Psychology Neurocognitive Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 17:431-444 |
| ISSN: | 1469-7661 1355-6177 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1355617711000233 |
| Popis: | Preschoolers with spina bifida (SB) were compared to typically developing (TD) children on tasks tapping mathematical knowledge at 36 months (n = 102) and 60 months of age (n = 98). The group with SB had difficulty compared to TD peers on all mathematical tasks except for transformation on quantities in the subitizable range. At 36 months, vocabulary knowledge, visual–spatial, and fine motor abilities predicted achievement on a measure of informal math knowledge in both groups. At 60 months of age, phonological awareness, visual–spatial ability, and fine motor skill were uniquely and differentially related to counting knowledge, oral counting, object-based arithmetic skills, and quantitative concepts. Importantly, the patterns of association between these predictors and mathematical performance were similar across the groups. A novel finding is that fine motor skill uniquely predicted object-based arithmetic abilities in both groups, suggesting developmental continuity in the neurocognitive correlates of early object-based and later symbolic arithmetic problem solving. Models combining 36-month mathematical ability and these language-based, visual–spatial, and fine motor abilities at 60 months accounted for considerable variance on 60-month informal mathematical outcomes. Results are discussed with reference to models of mathematical development and early identification of risk in preschoolers with neurodevelopmental disorder. (JINS, 2011, 17, 431–444) |
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