Dynamic Assessment in Preschoolers with Down Syndrome and Nonspecific Intellectual Disability
Enhancing cognitive abilities is relevant when devising treatment plans. This study examined the performance of preschoolers with Down syndrome and nonspecific intellectual disability in cognitive tasks (e.g., nonverbal reasoning and short-term memory) as well as in improving cognitive functions by...
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Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid
2020-05-01
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| description | Enhancing cognitive abilities is relevant when devising treatment plans. This study examined the performance of preschoolers with Down syndrome and nonspecific intellectual disability in cognitive tasks (e.g., nonverbal reasoning and short-term memory) as well as in improving cognitive functions by means of a learning potential methodology. The two groups with intellectual disability showed similar performance on verbal short-term memory tasks and rule-based categorization, with differences recorded in visual short-term memory tasks. Their performance was below that of typically developing children comparable in chronological age. Groups’ cognitive performance improved significantly between pre- and post-intervention, with particularly significant gains in the nonspecific group. Factors that may potentially affect children’s performance before and during learning potential assessment are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d2994fc95db4e1b9a1ac97637d561192022-12-21T20:02:59ZengColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de MadridPsicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación1135-755X2174-05262020-05-0126210110710.5093/psed2020a911320559Dynamic Assessment in Preschoolers with Down Syndrome and Nonspecific Intellectual DisabilityNieves Valencia Naranjo0María Auxiliadora Robles-Bello1Universidad de Jaén, Spain, Universidad de Jaén, SpainUniversidad de Jaén, Spain, Universidad de Jaén, SpainEnhancing cognitive abilities is relevant when devising treatment plans. This study examined the performance of preschoolers with Down syndrome and nonspecific intellectual disability in cognitive tasks (e.g., nonverbal reasoning and short-term memory) as well as in improving cognitive functions by means of a learning potential methodology. The two groups with intellectual disability showed similar performance on verbal short-term memory tasks and rule-based categorization, with differences recorded in visual short-term memory tasks. Their performance was below that of typically developing children comparable in chronological age. Groups’ cognitive performance improved significantly between pre- and post-intervention, with particularly significant gains in the nonspecific group. Factors that may potentially affect children’s performance before and during learning potential assessment are discussed. https://journals.copmadrid.org/psed/art/psed2020a9 cognitive abilitiesdynamic assessmentdown syndromenonspecific intellectual disabilitypreschoolers |
| spellingShingle | Nieves Valencia Naranjo María Auxiliadora Robles-Bello Dynamic Assessment in Preschoolers with Down Syndrome and Nonspecific Intellectual Disability Psicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación cognitive abilities dynamic assessment down syndrome nonspecific intellectual disability preschoolers |
| title | Dynamic Assessment in Preschoolers with Down Syndrome and Nonspecific Intellectual Disability |
| title_full | Dynamic Assessment in Preschoolers with Down Syndrome and Nonspecific Intellectual Disability |
| title_fullStr | Dynamic Assessment in Preschoolers with Down Syndrome and Nonspecific Intellectual Disability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynamic Assessment in Preschoolers with Down Syndrome and Nonspecific Intellectual Disability |
| title_short | Dynamic Assessment in Preschoolers with Down Syndrome and Nonspecific Intellectual Disability |
| title_sort | dynamic assessment in preschoolers with down syndrome and nonspecific intellectual disability |
| topic | cognitive abilities dynamic assessment down syndrome nonspecific intellectual disability preschoolers |
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