Does inducing growth-oriented mindsets about math ability in parents enhance children's math mindsets, affect, and achievement?
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DOI: 10.1037/dev0001768
Abstract: A parent-directed intervention designed to foster growth-oriented mindsets about math was evaluated in a longitudinal randomized-control trial. Parents (N = 615; 61% White, 22% Black; 63% with at least a bachelor's degree) participated in the… read more here.
Keywords: mindsets math; children math; math; intervention ... See more keywords
Disassociating the Relation Between Parents’ Math Anxiety and Children’s Math Achievement: Long-Term Effects of a Math App Intervention
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DOI: 10.1037/xge0000490
Abstract: Although parents’ fears and worries about math—termed math anxiety—are negatively associated with their children’s math achievement in early elementary school, access to an educational math app that 1st-grade children and parents use together can ameliorate… read more here.
Keywords: math achievement; math anxiety; children math; math app ... See more keywords
Early Sources of Children’s Math Achievement in Chile: The Role of Parental Beliefs and Feelings about Math
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DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2020.1799617
Abstract: ABSTRACT Research Findings: Two hundred and sixty-seven Chilean children from grades 1–3, their fathers and their mothers completed measures of implicit and explicit math-related beliefs (math–gender stereotypes, math self-concepts) and feelings (math anxiety), as well… read more here.
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Parents’ daily involvement in children’s math homework and activities during early elementary school
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DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13774
Abstract: Abstract This research examined parents’ involvement in children’s math homework and activities. During 2017 to 2019, American parents (N = 483; 80% mothers; 67% white) of young elementary school children (M age = 7.47 years;… read more here.
Keywords: involvement children; math homework; homework; homework activities ... See more keywords
Intergenerational associations in numerical approximation and mathematical abilities.
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DOI: 10.1111/desc.12436
Abstract: Although growing evidence suggests a link between children's math skills and their ability to estimate numerical quantities using the approximate number system (ANS), little is known about the sources underlying individual differences in ANS acuity… read more here.
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Parent-Focused Interventions to Support Children’s Early Math Learning
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DOI: 10.1177/09637214231212806
Abstract: Even before starting formal schooling, children show substantial variations in math skills suggesting that the home learning environment plays an important role in shaping young children’s math skills. Here, I review interventions aimed at providing… read more here.
Keywords: parent; math skills; children math; young children ... See more keywords