2002/04/01 by Maureen Dennis, Marcia A. Barnes · 5 citations
Mathematics · Psychology · #Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills #Reading and Literacy Development #Child and Animal Learning Development
paper · doi:10.1207/s15326942dn2102_2
openalex publication_date 2002/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
The developmental stability of poor math skill was studied in 31 young adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus (SBH), a neurodevelopmental disorder involving malformations of the brain and spinal cord. Longitudinally, individuals with poor math problem solving as children grew into adults with poor problem solving and limited functional numeracy. As a group, young adults with SBH had poor computation accuracy, computation speed, problem solving, a ndfunctional numeracy. Computation accuracy was related to a supporting cognitive system (working memory for numbers), and functional numeracy was related to one medical history variable (number of lifetime shunt revisions). Adult functional numeracy, but not functional literacy, was predictive of higher levels of social, personal, and community independence.