Text Box: ANALYSIS OF THE INTELECTUAL LEVEL AND STRUCTURE OF CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
Ding YH, Feng LY
Children¡¯s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Objective: To examine the intellectual level and structure of children with learning difficulties (LD).
Methods: 62 children (47 boys, 15 girls) with LD and 80 normal children (60 boys, 20 girls), aged 6.5-11 years, were administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Chinese Revision (WISC-CR).
Results: The children with LD received the IQ scores and subset scores obviously less than the control group (p<0.01). Noticeably, they received lower VIQ than PIQ (P<0.01). Their lowest mean scale scores were on the Information, Arithmetic, the Picture Completion and Coding, while their highest scores were on the Understanding, the Putting Pieces Together and Building Blocks etc.
Conclusions: IQ is the main factor rather than the only one that affects school record, while VIQ does more. The children with LD have limited acquired knowledge, deficits in the calculating ability, speed and accuracy when doing a job, and relatively good spatial and perceptual organization abilities.
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