Children with MD only receive extra math assistance far less often than children with comorbid RD+MD¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Only 37% of the MD-only group had received extra assistance in math, compared with 61% of the RD+MD group. → Willcutt 2013

Evidence¶

Willcutt 2013¶

Willcutt, E. G., Petrill, S. A., Wu, S., Boada, R., DeFries, J. C., Olson, R. K., & Pennington, B. F. (2013). Comorbidity between reading disability and math disability: Concurrent psychopathology, functional impairment, and neuropsychological functioning. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 46(6), 500-516. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022219413477476

q3 · i? · associational · r2

In a subset of the CLDRC sample with available intervention information, "a significantly smaller proportion of the group with MD only had received assistance in math (37%)" compared with 61% of the RD+MD group; 69% of RD participants had received extra reading help.

"A similar percentage of the RD + MD group had also received extra help in math (61%), whereas a significantly smaller proportion of the group with MD only had received assistance in math (37%; Table 3)."

Discussion¶

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