Early Mathematical Development: How the Home Environment Matters

Blevins‐Knabe, Belinda

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43974-7_2

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“…Correlational evidence suggests that parenting practices foster children's skills, but parents may also respond to their children's interests or aptitudes in math (positive bias), or to children's early struggles with math concepts (negative bias). Indeed, parents often adapt their activities to the needs and interests of their children (see for a review), backing this claim.…”

Section: Methodological Limitsmentioning

confidence: 97%

How Do Parents Foster Young Children's Math Skills?

Elliott

Bachman

2017

Child Dev Perspectives

104

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Identifying the factors that foster math learning during early childhood is crucial given strong associations between these early skills and later school success. Despite theoretical arguments that the home environment and parents’ practices could support children's math abilities, little research addresses this possibility, especially compared to the breadth of research addressing literacy practices in the home. In this article, we review the literature on how the home numeracy environment may relate to children's math skills and argue that more methodological rigor is needed in these measures. Specifically, we highlight potential alternative dimensions of parents’ math practices beyond the conventional distinction between formal and informal activities, and we discuss directions for investigation. We argue that improving measures of the home numeracy environment may help resolve the mixed pattern of findings in the literature and further support the development of math skills in early childhood.

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Section: Methodological Limitsmentioning

confidence: 97%

How Do Parents Foster Young Children's Math Skills?

Elliott

Bachman

2017

Child Dev Perspectives

104

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“…Home environment and early numeracy development Home numeracy environment involves both parents' practices (e.g., the amount and types of learning resources they provide children with and the frequency and nature of learning activities they engage children in) as well as attitudes (e.g., their perceptions of the importance of early numeracy learning; Anders et al, 2012;Blevins-Knabe, 2016;Segers, Kleemans, & Verhoeven, 2015). In the recent two decades, there has been growing interest in the role of home environment in early numeracy development among researchers.…”

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Family and individual variables associated with young Filipino children's numeracy interest and competence

Cheung

Yang

Dulay

et al. 2017

British J of Dev Psycho

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Children's early numeracy outcomes set the foundation for mathematics learning in their future school years. This study examined how different family and individual variables were associated with the numeracy interest and competence of disadvantaged young children in the Philippines. The numeracy and literacy skills of 673 children living in low-middle income communities were tested. Their parents were also asked to complete a questionnaire on demographics, their home numeracy practices, attitudes about numeracy learning, and children's numeracy interest. Structural equation modelling analyses showed that children's numeracy interest was linked with their parents' practices and attitudes. Children's numeracy competence, on the other hand, was related to their gender, age, socioeconomic status, and literacy abilities. These findings suggest that family and individual variables might play different roles in disadvantaged children's early numeracy development. Moreover, parents can be encouraged to make effective use of home numeracy experiences to promote their children's numeracy competence. Statement of contribution What is already known on this subject? In developed countries, home environment is occasionally found to link with early numeracy development. Some individual variables are also found to play significant roles in early numeracy development. What does this study add? Among young Filipino children from disadvantaged backgrounds, home environment is related to numeracy interest. Family socioeconomic status plays a significant role in early numeracy competence. Early literacy and numeracy skills are interrelated with each other.

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“…Este dato confirma algo ya sabido (Rowe et al, 2016): que la importancia que los padres suelen atribuir a los contenidos tiene un impacto sobre la motivación intrínseca de sus hijos hacia los mismos. Sin embargo, nuestros resultados refuerzan la idea de cierta contradicción en los hallazgos de la investigación sobre la relación entre la implicación parental en las prácticas en el hogar y el rendimiento académico de sus hijos (Blevins-Knabe, 2016;Pomerantz et al, 2007;Silinskas y Kikas, 2019;Rowe et al, 2016). Como dato curioso, nuestros resultados muestran que la práctica formal predice el desarrollo de una motivación controlada hacia el dominio de las matemáticas, pero a su vez existe correlación entre las familias que desarrollan ese tipo de práctica y la importancia percibida que tienen respecto a las matemáticas.…”

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“…Se sabe además que esta ayuda puede contribuir al éxito y a la motivación de los niños con sus objetivos escolares, especialmente desde una perspectiva específica de dominio (e.g., lectura y matemáticas) (Rowe, Ramani y Pomerantz, 2016). Los hallazgos de la investigación sobre la relación entre la implicación parental en las prácticas en el hogar y el rendimiento académico de sus hijos son contradictorios (Blevins-Knabe, 2016;Pomerantz, Moorman y Litwarck, 2007;Rowe et al, 2016;Silinskas y Kikas, 2019). En su metaanálisis, Patall, Cooper y Robinson, (2008) concluyeron que, en el mejor de los casos, la implicación parental tiene un impacto general ligeramente positivo sobre el logro académico, aunque señalan también la existencia de diferencias según el curso académico, el tipo de implicación familiar y el dominio específico.…”

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