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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychologia. 2013 Jul 26;51(11):2305–2317. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.06.031

Table 1.

IQ, math, reading and multicomponent working memory measures in children with mathematical disabilities (MD) and typically developing (TD) children. Visuo-spatial working memory scores were significantly lower in children with MD, compared to TD children.

Measure MD
TD
M (Range) SD M (Range) SD
Age (months) 98.78 (86–109) 6.97 97.84 (88–108) 6.26
WASI
  Verbal 106.65 (78–128) 12.32 108.29 (80–138) 15.93
  Performance 107.59 (77–140) 18.20 113.77 (86–145) 13.32
  Full Scale 107.71 (83–130) 13.36 112.35 (94–127) 10.20
WIAT–II
  Word Reading 108.47 (93–122) 9.23 112.06 (90–130) 9.65
  Numerical Operations 85.71 (79–91) 3.50 118.29 (95–156)*** 15.41
  Mathematical Reasoning 102.47 (84–130) 14.82 115.00 (90–137)* 12.20
WMTB-C
  Digit Recall 105.71 (77–144) 20.40 107.12 (75–144) 17.50
  Counting Recall 86.94 (60–117) 18.63 87.35 (56–110) 17.03
  Block Recall 91.00 (56–114) 14.62 102.18 (81–118)* 9.91
  Backward Digit Recall 96.94 (72–131) 19.45 99.35 (81–135) 13.87

Note: WASI=Wechsler abbreviated scales of intelligence, WIAT-II=Wechsler individual achievement test—2nd ed., WMTB-C=Working memory test battery for children.

*

p<.05.

***

p<.001.