Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 25, 2026

Practical Methodology of Cognitive Tasks Within a Navigational Assessment
Published on: June 1, 2015
Naming speed as a clinical marker in predicting basic calculation skills in children with specific language
Tijs Kleemans1, Eliane Segers, Ludo Verhoeven
1Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. m.kleemans@pwo.ru.nl
Abstract:
The present study investigated the role of naming speed in predicting the basic calculation skills (i.e., addition and subtraction) of kindergartners with Specific Language Impairment (SLI), when compared to a group of Normal Language Achieving (NLA) children. Fifty-three kindergartners with SLI and 107 kindergartners with NLA were tested on cognitive, linguistic and basic calculation skills. The results showed that phonological awareness, grammatical ability, general intelligence and working memory accounted for the variation in the basic calculation skills of both groups. However, an additional effect of naming speed on both addition and subtraction was found for the group of children with SLI, suggesting that naming speed may act as a clinical marker in identifying those children who are likely to develop problems in basic calculation skills.
Related Concept Videos
Learning Disabilities
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a...
Language and Cognition
Language Development
The critical period for language acquisition suggests that the ability to acquire language is at its peak early in life. As people age, this proficiency decreases. Language development begins very...

