Much of the news and research in how family involvement impacts student achievement in math has been conducted at the pre-school and elementary level. Opinion and research seems to indicate that parental involvement in a child’s mathematics education highly depends on the parents’ personal beliefs and values of mathematics and the amount of support they receive from educators and schools. Opinion and research further suggests that student achievement in mathematics will improve as these parental factors increase. The literature implies that parents who become more involved in their child’s learning of numeracy and mathematics at infancy can create a lifestyle that includes successful use of math in daily activities and foster a lifelong learning of math skills. To involve students in mathematics at an early age, schools and educators can relay examples of activities to parents at school-hosted Family Math Nights and on family math program websites. Some of these activities may include: grocery shopping, board games, allowances, and following recipes. Schools and educators may require further training on how to effectively communicate these ideas.
News
>Making Math A Family Thing (2018)
>How Parents Can Improve Math Fluency (2016)
>Teaching Parents To Talk Math With Their Kids (2016)
>How Parents’ Math Anxiety Can Affect Kids’ Achievement (2015)
>Jo Boaler: “We need a revolution in how we think about maths” (2015)
Research
>How Do Parents Foster Young Children’s Math Skills? (2018)
>Family Math Night K-5: Common Core State Standards In Action (2017)
>Getting Parents On Board: Partnering To Increase Math and Literacy Achievement (2016)
>’Ohana Math: Family Engagement To Promote Mathematical Learning for Hawaii’s Young Children (2014)
>Predicting Achievement In Mathematics In Adolescent Students (2012)
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