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Arithmetic difficulties in children with visuospatial learning disability (VLD).

Annalena Venneri1, Cesare Cornoldi, Margherita Garuti

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.

Child Neuropsychology : a Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence
|September 19, 2003
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Children with visuospatial learning disability (VLD) struggle with written math, especially subtraction involving borrowing or carrying. Their difficulties stem from visuospatial processing, not general calculation knowledge.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Visuospatial learning disability (VLD) can impact various cognitive functions.
  • Understanding the specific mathematical challenges faced by children with VLD is crucial for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the nature of calculation difficulties in children with VLD.
  • To differentiate between procedural knowledge deficits and visuospatial processing issues in mathematical tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Comparison of 18 children with VLD and age-matched controls on oral and written calculation tasks.
  • Assessment of numerical fact knowledge and performance on operations with varying visuospatial demands.
  • Analysis of error patterns, particularly in tasks requiring borrowing or carrying.

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Main Results:

  • No significant differences in numerical fact knowledge or oral calculation performance between groups.
  • VLD group showed significantly poorer performance in written calculation tasks.
  • VLD children experienced greater difficulty with operations requiring borrowing/carrying, especially subtraction.

Conclusions:

  • Children with VLD do not have a generalized deficit in calculation or number manipulation.
  • Specific difficulties in calculation for VLD children are linked to visuospatial processing demands.
  • Interventions should address the visuospatial components of mathematical learning in VLD.