Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2020 Apr;192:104780. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104780. Epub 2020 Jan 22.
The home numeracy environment is often assumed to play a role in early numeracy development. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive picture of the home numeracy environment of children living in low- to middle-income communities in the Philippines. Moreover, it examined the relations among various parents' characteristics, the home numeracy environment parents created, and their young children's numeracy skills. Data were collected from 290 families through parental questionnaires, numeracy tests for children, and numeracy tests for parents. Results of structural equation modeling showed that parents' education level, calculation fluency, own reported math activities, home numeracy resources and home numeracy activities all had direct associations with children's numeracy skills. Parents' calculation fluency and own math activities also had indirect links with children's numeracy skills through home numeracy resources and home numeracy activities. These findings provide insights into the question of which children are at risk for poor numeracy development and how to support children's early numeracy learning.
家庭数学环境通常被认为在早期数学发展中发挥作用。本研究旨在全面描绘菲律宾中低收入社区儿童的家庭数学环境。此外，还研究了父母的各种特征、父母创造的家庭数学环境以及他们年幼孩子的数学技能之间的关系。通过父母问卷、儿童数学测试和父母数学测试，从 290 个家庭中收集了数据。结构方程模型的结果表明，父母的教育水平、计算流畅性、自身报告的数学活动、家庭数学资源和家庭数学活动都与儿童的数学技能直接相关。父母的计算流畅性和自身的数学活动也通过家庭数学资源和家庭数学活动与儿童的数学技能间接相关。这些发现为了解哪些儿童有数学发展不良的风险以及如何支持儿童早期的数学学习提供了一些思路。
