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Alice Gomez1, Manuela Piazza1, Antoinette Jobert1
1INSERM, U992, Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, CEA/SAC/DSV/DRM/NeuroSpin, Bât 145, Point Courrier 156, F-91191 Gif/Yvette, France; CEA, DSV/I2BM, NeuroSpin Center, Bât 145, Point Courrier 156, F-91191 Gif/Yvette, France; Univ Paris-Sud, Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Bât 300, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
Research in Developmental Disabilities
|July 20, 2015
Summary
Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) show deficits in both nonsymbolic and symbolic number processing, impacting their mathematical skills. Early assessment of numerical cognition is crucial for targeted interventions in DCD.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Educational Psychology
Background:
- Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) often face academic challenges, particularly in mathematics.
- Numerical cognition in children with DCD remains under-researched, despite its importance for mathematical learning.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the numerical cognition abilities of children with DCD.
- To understand the cognitive underpinnings of mathematical difficulties in this population.
Main Methods:
- Compared 20 children with DCD (7-10 years) to 20 typically developing peers.
- Utilized dot and digit comparison tasks for nonsymbolic and symbolic number processing.
- Assessed performance on single-digit addition problems.
Main Results:
- Children with DCD exhibited poorer performance in both nonsymbolic and symbolic number comparison tasks.
- Children with DCD were significantly slower in solving simple addition problems.
- Impairments in nonsymbolic number processing correlated with poorer performance in symbolic tasks for children with DCD.
Conclusions:
- Developmental Coordination Disorder impacts both nonsymbolic and symbolic number processing.
- A comprehensive assessment of numerical cognition is essential for identifying deficits in children with DCD.
- Findings can inform the development of specific remediation strategies for mathematical difficulties in DCD.
Keywords:
Approximate number systemDevelopmental coordination disorderMathematics learning difficultiesNumerical cognitionNumerical developmentMore Related Videos
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