School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Evidence Based Practice Unit, Anna Freud, University College London, London, UK.
Br J Dev Psychol. 2024 Mar;42(1):72-77. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12465. Epub 2023 Nov 6.
The nature of the home mathematics environment (which includes numerical and spatial activities at home) is related to children's spatial and mathematics performance. The current study investigated concrete and digital construction play frequency and relations with spatial and mathematical skills. Participants aged 7-9 years (N = 634) reported their frequency of construction play (concrete and digital) and completed direct measures of spatial ability and mathematics performance. Correlations between measures revealed no association between construction play frequency and outcome measures. This suggests that quantity of construction play is not pertinent for spatial and mathematics skills, however future research should explore whether quality of play is an important factor.
家庭数学环境（包括家庭中的数字和空间活动）的性质与儿童的空间和数学表现有关。本研究调查了具体和数字建构游戏的频率及其与空间和数学技能的关系。参与者年龄在 7-9 岁（N=634），报告了他们建构游戏（具体和数字）的频率，并完成了空间能力和数学表现的直接测量。测量之间的相关性表明，建构游戏频率与结果测量之间没有关联。这表明建构游戏的数量与空间和数学技能无关，但是未来的研究应该探讨游戏质量是否是一个重要因素。
