Associations Between Children's Numeracy Competencies, Mothers' and Fathers' Mathematical Beliefs, and Numeracy Activities at Home.

ABSTRACT: Children's numeracy competencies are not only relevant for their academic achievement, but also later in life. The development of early numeracy competencies is influenced by children's learning environment. Here, the home numeracy environment (HNE) and parent's own beliefs about mathematics play an important role for children's numeracy competencies. However, only a few studies explicitly tested these associations separately for mothers and fathers. In our study, we assessed mothers' and fathers' mathematical gender stereotypes, self-efficacy and their beliefs on the importance of mathematical activities at home, and tested their associations with parents' numeracy activities and children's numeracy competencies in a sample of N = 160 children (n = 80 girls) with an average

SUBMITTER: Mues A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9048258 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature