Children with congenital or neurodevelopmental motor disorders show arithmetic difficulties in some comparisons but perform similarly to peers in others¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Preterm children with DCD had more arithmetic difficulties than those without DCD, and children with DCD were significantly slower but no less accurate than TD children in another study. → Maëlle Neveu 2023 q2 i? Four studies found children with DCD or CP performed similarly to peers with DLD, unspecified LD, or TD children at solving calculation problems. → Maëlle Neveu 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

Maëlle Neveu 2023¶

Maëlle Neveu, Marie Geurten, Nancy Durieux, Laurence Rousselle. (2023). Finger Use and Arithmetic Skills in Children and Adolescents: a Scoping Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09722-8

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Cross-sectional comparisons of arithmetic skills in children with motor disorders aged 8 to 12; Roberts et al. (2011) found preterm children with DCD had more arithmetic difficulties, while Gomez et al. (2015) found children with DCD slower but no less accurate than TD children.

"Roberts et al.'s (2011) results showed that preterm children with DCD had more arithmetic difficulties than those without DCD. Gomez et al.'s (2015) study produced contrasting results: children with DCD were significantly slower at solving calculation problems than TD children but no less accurate."

Maëlle Neveu 2023 (2)¶

Maëlle Neveu, Marie Geurten, Nancy Durieux, Laurence Rousselle. (2023). Finger Use and Arithmetic Skills in Children and Adolescents: a Scoping Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09722-8

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Of six cross-sectional studies in children with congenital or neurodevelopmental motor disorders, four found children with DCD or CP "performed similarly" to peers with DLD, unspecified LD, or TD children at calculation. No effect sizes printed.

"two showed that children with DCD performed similarly to their peers with DLD and unspecified LD at solving calculation problems (Alloway & Archibald, 2008; Alloway & Temple, 2007). The two remaining studies came to the same conclusion comparing children with CP and DCD with their TD peers (Reynvoet et al., 2020; Thevenot et al., 2014)."

Discussion¶

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