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ERIC Number: EJ1468709
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1522-7227
EISSN: EISSN-1522-7219
Available Date: 2025-03-27
Parental Math Beliefs and Home Math Experiences of Preschoolers in Chile: A Qualitative Study
Infant and Child Development, v34 n2 e70009 2025
The home math environment is a context where children develop early mathematics skills, which are key for their future learning. Most of the research in the field, however, comes from North American and European countries and is largely based on self-report questionnaires. This qualitative study describes the beliefs, attitudes and experiences of parents of preschoolers in Chile. Twenty-three parents (21 mothers) of 3-4-year-old children attending public preschools were interviewed. Their responses were transcribed verbatim and analysed using a reflexive thematic analysis approach. The findings revealed four themes in parent interviews: parents' attitudes and beliefs towards mathematics, parents' participation in children's learning, home learning strategies, and parents' expectations. The results of this study provide a better understanding of parental math beliefs and the math experiences parents engage in with their children at home, with implications for parents to support their children's math development.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Chile
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: 1Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; 2Millennium Nucleus for the Study of the Development of Early Math Skills (MEMAT), Santiago, Chile; 3Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico