The study sought to establish whether there are differences in levels of cognitive skills development and executive functions in bilingual children and Spanish monolingual children, belonging to the same socio-economic level. Twenty students from 5th and 6th grades of the Community of Socos were examined; 24 students of 5th and 6th grade of the educational institution "Virgen del Carmen", Pilacucho, Huamanga; 24 students from the I.E. intercultural bilingual: "Shipiba Community" in Cantagallo, Lima; and 18 students of 5 ° and 6 ° degree of "Santa Rosa de America" of Callao; with ages ranging from 10 to 12 years.They were examined intelligence with the Raven Test and executive neuropsychological functions with some subtests of BANFE (Flores-Ostrosky, 2012). The results showed significant differences between the groups, both in cognitive functioning and executive functions. The students ...

El estudio buscó establecer si existen diferencias en los niveles de desarrollo de habilidades cognitivas y funciones ejecutivas en niños bilingües y niños monolingües castellano, pertenecientes al mismo nivel socio- económico. Se examinó a 20 alumnos de 5° y 6° grado de la Comunidad de Socos; 24 alumnos de 5° y 6° grado de la Institución educativa “Virgen del Carmen”, Pilacucho, Huamanga; 24 estudiantes de la I.E. intercultural bilingüe: “Comunidad Shipiba” en Cantagallo, Lima; y 18 estudiantes de 5° y 6° grado de “Santa Rosa de América” del Callao; con edades que fluctúan entre los 10 y 12 años. Se examinó inteligencia con el Test de Raven y funciones neuropsicológicas ejecutivas con algunos sub tests del BANFE (Flores-Ostrosky, 2012). Los resultados mostraron diferencias significativas entre los grupos, tanto en funcionamiento cognitivo como en las func...

The study sought to determine if there are differences in working memory and executive neuropsychological functions in children with different reading levels belonging to different socio-cultural realities. The sample was 71 students from Huancavelica and 82 students from Lima and Callao from the 3rd. And 4 to. Primary grade, all of Public Educational Institutions. It was a comparative descriptive study. First, the reading processes in the Huancavelica and Lima-Callao groups were evaluated with the PROLEC-R (Cuetos, Rodríguez, Ruano and Arribas, 2007), finding significant differences. On that basis, the Working Memory was evaluated, with subtests of the WISC-IV Test (Wechsler Intelligence Test-2006) and the executive neuropsychological functions with some BANFE tests (Flores-Ostrosky, 2012) in both groups. The results showed significant differences in Working Memory in favor of the Lima...

The study sought to determine if there are differences in working memory and executive neuropsychological functions in children with different reading levels belonging to different socio-cultural realities. The sample was 71 students from Huancavelica and 82 students from Lima and Callao from the 3rd. And 4 to. Primary grade, all of Public Educational Institutions. It was a comparative descriptive study. First, the reading processes in the Huancavelica and Lima-Callao groups were evaluated with the PROLEC-R (Cuetos, Rodríguez, Ruano and Arribas, 2007), finding significant differences. On that basis, the Working Memory was evaluated, with subtests of the WISC-IV Test (Wechsler Intelligence Test-2006) and the executive neuropsychological functions with some BANFE tests (Flores-Ostrosky, 2012) in both groups. The results showed significant differences in Working Memory in favor of the Lima...