The relative importance of “parental talk” as a predictor of the diversity in mathematics learning in young children

Desoete Annemie, Ceulemans Annelies, Sofie Rousseau, Mathieu Roelants

פרסום מחקרי: פרק בספר / בדוח / בכנספרקביקורת עמיתים

3 ציטוטים ‏(Scopus)

תקציר

This study explored the importance of the amount of “parental talk” focusing on numerical cues as “opportunity factor” in the prediction of diversity in mathematics learning. Thirty-one children were followed up from toddlerhood (24 months of age) till kindergarten (48 months of age). Mathematics learning was tested with a number discrimination task at 24 months. At 48 months children’s mathematics learning was examined with a procedural and conceptual counting task and a calculation task. The amount of parental talk was operationalized via a questionnaire and via a structured play Duplo or Lego building session. The study confirmed a substantial amount of diversity in the frequency of parental talk with the results of the questionnaire and the observation positively related to each other. A positive concurrent association was found between the amount of observed parental talk and children’s calculation skills in kindergarten. Parental talk with toddlers was also positively predicting children’s mathematics learning in kindergarten. There was a trend of positive association between the amount of parental talk with toddlers and children’s conceptual counting abilities in kindergarten. There was a positive quadratic predictive contribution of parental talk in toddlers for “calculation” in kindergarten. These results confirmed that mathematics learning might not be unitary even in young children and that parental talk should be considered as one of the opportunity factors to explain some of the diversities in mathematics learning.

שפה מקוריתאנגלית
כותר פרסום המארחDiversity Dimensions in Mathematics and Language Learning
כותר משנה של פרסום המארחPerspectives on Culture, Education and Multilingualism
מוציא לאורde Gruyter
עמודים132-148
מספר עמודים17
מסת"ב (אלקטרוני)9783110661941
מסת"ב (מודפס)9783110661040
מזהי עצם דיגיטלי (DOIs)
סטטוס פרסוםפורסם - 1 ינו׳ 2021
פורסם באופן חיצוניכן

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