Becky Chan|Connie Suk?Han Ho
The cognitive profile of Chinese children with mathematics difficulties
Department of Health|University of Hong Kong
study examined four domainspecific skills arithmetic procedural skills number fact retrieval place value concept number sense two domaingeneral processing skills working memory processing speed may account chinese childrens mathematics learning difficulties children mathematics difficulties md two age groups 78 911 years compared agematched typically achieving children age groups children md performed significantly worse agematched controls domainspecific domaingeneral measures analyses revealed md children literacy difficulties mdrd group performed worst measures whereas mdonly group significantly outperformed controls four domainspecific measures verbal working memory stepwise discriminant analyses showed number fact retrieval place value concept significant factors differentiating md nonmd children conclude deficits domainspecific skills especially number fact retrieval place value understanding characterize profile chinese children md