Home Learning Environments of Children in Mexico in Relation to Socioeconomic Status.

ABSTRACT: We explored the home learning environments of 173 Mexican preschool children (aged 3-6 years) in relation to their numeracy performance. Parents indicated the frequency of their formal home numeracy and literacy activities, and their academic expectations for children's numeracy and literacy performance. Children completed measures of early numeracy skills. Mexican parent-child dyads from families with either high- or low-socioeconomic status (SES) participated. Low-SES parents (n = 99) reported higher numeracy expectations than high-SES parents (n = 74), but similar frequency of home numeracy activities. In contrast, high-SES parents reported higher frequency of literacy activities. Path analyses showed that operational (i.e., advanced) numeracy activities were positively re

SUBMITTER: Susperreguy MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8017273 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature