Home-learning environment and cognitive and academic outcomes among children aged 4-8 years: A cross-sectional study from South India.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Home-learning environment is critical for cognitive and academic outcomes; yet its impact during the 4-8 years' period remains underexplored, especially in the Global South. This study examines the relationship between the home-learning environment and children's fluid intelligence and early language numeracy outcomes in urban poor households in Bangalore, South India.

Methods

We analysed data from 940 mother-child dyads from the MAASTHI birth cohort when children were 4-8-years old. The Family Care Indicators (FCI) tool assessed the home-learning environment, Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (RCPM) measured children's fluid-intelligence, and the preschool Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) tool measured literacy-numeracy skills. Multilevel linear regressi

SUBMITTER: Lobo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12455069 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature