ERIC Number: EJ1475561
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jul
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
Available Date: 2025-04-04
The Factor Structure of Parents' Math-Related Talk and Its Relation to Children's Early Academic Skills
Child Development, v96 n4 p1409-1423 2025
This study, involving 120 children (M[subscript age] = 4.25; SD = 0.83; 53% Female, 49% White, 23% multiracial, 16% Black, 9% Asian American, and 3% Latine) and their parents, examined parent talk constructs and their relation to children's early academic skills in 2021. Parents' talk was best represented as a three-factor structure (general, number, and mathematical language), suggesting that mathematical language use is distinct from general and number talk. Parent talk factors were related to children's numeracy skills but not their vocabulary or mathematical language knowledge. Children with higher numeracy skills had parents who used more general talk, children with lower numeracy skills had parents who used more mathematical language, but parent number talk was not related to children's numeracy skills.
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Language Usage, Numbers, Numeracy, Vocabulary, Parent Participation, Discourse Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Administration for Children and Families (ACF) (DHHS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 90YR0123
Author Affiliations: 1Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 2Department of Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; 3Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; 4Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA