The Math Skills Development Project (MSDP)
 PROJECT STUDIES conducted by the Math Skills Development Project Team:

Elementary School Math Project (ESMP): Public School Based Sample Study
Elementary School Math Project (ESMP): Math Skills in Girls with Fragile X Syndrome
Elementary School Math Project (ESMP): Math Skills in Girls with Turner Syndrome
Elementary School Math Project (ESMP): Math Skills in Children with Barth Syndrome
Elementary School Math Project (ESMP): Math Skills in Children with Neurofibromatosis -Type l
Middle School Math Project (MSMP)

1) Elementary School Math Project (ESMP): Public School Based Sample Study -
Funded by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

This is a study that began in the 1997-98 school year. A group of kindergartners was enrolled and followed annually through fifth grade. Because this is a longitudinal study, we are not recruiting participants. We will continue following this group as long as possible. We plan to recruit a new cohort for a screening and intervention study sometime after 2008.


2) Elementary School Math Project (ESMP): Math Skills in Girls with Fragile X Syndrome - Funded by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

In this component of the study, we are addressing whether young girls with fragile X syndrome are at risk for math learning disability, and whether there are specific aspects of mathematical achievement that are difficult for girls with this disorder. We are including, in our research, only girls who have the fragile X full mutation. We know from other studies of older girls and adult females with fragile X that math seems to be an area of difficulty. We are exploring whether this is the case for younger girls. Because this is a longitudinal study, we are no longer recruiting participants at this time. For more information about fragile X syndrome, you can browse titles of our manuscripts on fragile X, visit the FRAXA website, or visit the website for the National Fragile X Foundation.


3) Elementary School Math Project (ESMP): Math Skills in Girls with Turner Syndrome - Funded by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

In this component of the study, we are addressing whether young girls with Turner syndrome are at risk for math learning disability, and whether there are specific aspects of mathematical achievement that are difficult for girls with this disorder. We are including, in our research, only girls who have classic Turner syndrome or other specific karyotype variants. We know from other studies of older girls with Turner syndrome that math seems to be an area of difficulty. This is not definitive, as many girls with Turner syndrome have average math achievement. We are exploring whether math difficulties are evident in young girls with Turner syndrome. Because this is a longitudinal study, we are no longer recruiting participants at this time. For more information about Turner syndrome, please visit the Turner Syndrome Society website.


4) Elementary School Math Project (ESMP): Math Skills in Children with Barth Syndrome - Funded by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and from the National Barth Syndrome Foundation

We are addressing whether young children with Barth Syndrome show any specific pattern of learning disability. We do not know whether children with Barth Syndrome have a specific cognitive profile, so this study is designed to address this question. In addition, we will be looking at the relation biochemical markers have with children's cognitive profile. Dr. Michele Mazzocco is the Principal Investigator of this study.

For more information on this study please contact mazzocco@kennedykrieger.org. For more information on Barth Syndrome visit www.barthsyndrome.org.


5) Elementary School Math Project (ESMP): Math Skills in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 - Funded by grants from the National Neurofibromatosis Foundation, 1998-99 and from the Neurofibromatosis Foundation Inc., - Mid-Atlantic Chapter  (2000-01)

We examined, through a cross sectional study, whether young children with NF1 show any specific pattern of learning disability, particularly math difficulty. We know that many children with NF1 have learning disability, but the exact nature of that difficulty is not clear. We are no longer recruiting children with NF1. For more information on NF1 visit  http://www.nf.org or visit http://www.nfinc.org. For more information on this study please contact mazzocco@kennedykrieger.org


6) Middle School Math Project (MSMP) -

We began the Middle School Math Project (MSMP) in 2003-04 and completed it in 2007! Our group of participants from the Elementary School Math Project (ESMP) is now in High School!


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