Children with DLD show significantly more weaknesses and fewer strengths across linguistic and cognitive precursors than TD peers, except in verbal reasoning and arithmetic¶
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q2 i? Case-series analysis found a significantly lower percentage of DLD children exhibited strengths in predictor measures, except for verbal reasoning and arithmetic skills. → Kleemans 2025
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Kleemans 2025¶
Kleemans, T., Vissers, C. T. W. M., & Segers, E. (2025). Linguistic precursors of sixth-grade geometric and fraction skills in children with and without Developmental Language Disorder. Learning and Instruction, 95, 102019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.102019
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Case-series analysis of 46 children with DLD, defining strengths as scores 1 SD above the TD-group mean and weaknesses 1 SD below, with chi-square tests comparing group proportions (Table 4).
"Additionally, a significantly lower percentage of DLD children exhibited strengths in predictor measures, except for verbal reasoning and arithmetic skills."
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Related Claims¶
- A strength in arithmetic skills did not distinguish geometric or fraction skills among DLD children — related
- Moderated mediation shows direct and indirect effects of linguistic precursors are equally strong for children with and without DLD — reports the opposite
- A strength in verbal reasoning partly compensates for geometry and fraction delays in children with DLD at the individual level — related
- Children with DLD score below TD peers on arithmetic, geometric, and fraction skills in the upper primary grades — related
- Phonological skills and naming speed indirectly predict sixth-grade geometric and fraction skills via arithmetic skills in both DLD and TD children — related
- Academic vocabulary, verbal reasoning, nonverbal reasoning, and working memory directly predict sixth-grade geometric and fraction skills — related
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Children with DLD show significantly more weaknesses and fewer strengths across linguistic and cognitive precursors than TD peers, except in verbal reasoning and arithmetic |
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Children with DLD show significantly more weaknesses and fewer strengths across linguistic and cognitive precursors than TD peers, except in verbal reasoning and arithmetic |
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