Funciones neuropsicológicas y su relación en las dificultades de las áreas del aprendizaje en la lectura en estudiantes de una institución fiscal de la ciudad de Loja durante el año 2024

Abstract

Abstract: Neuropsychological development and reading processes in children have an important impact on academic success and comprenhensive well- being Objective. We sought to determine the level of global neuropsychological development and the relationship with difficulties in reading processes in children in the second year of EGB at an educational institution in the city of Loja. Method. The sample was made up of 50 students eged 6 and 7, from the second year of EGB, the Neuro-Kid Children´s Neuropsychological Screening test and the PROLEC-R reader process evaluation battery were applied. This research was of a descriptive nature, not experimental, quantitative, transversal type, correlational. Results. It was reflected that the largest number of participants (40%) are at a low level in their global neuropsychological development, with cognitive domains such as visual language and memory being mostly affected, and reading difficulties were also identified in the participants. Areas evaluated especially in punctuation marks and test comprehension, taking into account that of the 50 participants only 20 have reading ability.