Mathematical thinking in children with developmental language disorder: The roles of pattern skills and verbal working memory.

Authors: Fyfe ER, Matz LE, Hunt KM, Alibali MW Abstract Previous research suggests that children with language disorders often have difficulties in mathematical tasks. In the current study, we investigated two relevant factors - working memory and pattern skills - that may underlie children's poor mathematics performance. Children with developmental language disorder (DLD, n = 18, ages 6-13) and age-matched typically-developing children (n = 18) completed three math tasks that tapped calculation skill and knowledge of concepts. Children also completed a visual pattern extension task and a verbal working memory task. There were four key findings: (1) children with DLD exhibited poorer mathematical knowledge than typically-developing children, both in calculation and on key m...

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