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Early mathematical skill profiles of prematurely and full-term born children

Liisa LehtonenCristina E. NanuMinna Hannula-sormunenPetriina MunckNoona KiuruEero Laakkonen

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Social PsychologyBirth weighteducationbehavioral disciplines and activitiesearly mathematical skillsEducationDevelopmental psychologycognitive skillsMathematical skillDevelopmental and Educational Psychologyta5160501 psychology and cognitive sciencesCognitive skillspontaneous focusing on numerosityta515Full TermWorking memory05 social sciences050301 educationNumerosity adaptation effectta3123VLBWComprehensionPsychology0503 educationprematurely born050104 developmental & child psychology

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Abstract Preterm birth is associated with low mathematical skills in children. This study on five-year-old Finnish children investigated whether mathematical skill profiles would differ between prematurely and full-term born children and how such profiles and other cognitive skills would be related. Mathematical skills included digit knowledge, spontaneous focusing on numerosity, arithmetic, counting and geometric skills. The investigated cognitive skills were phonological processing, working memory, instruction comprehension, speeded naming, inhibition and visuomotor skills. The participants were 119 preterm children with birth weight

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2017-04-01Learning and Individual Differences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2017.03.004