SynthesisPsychological bulletin2021
The home math environment and math achievement: A meta-analysis.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 186 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diverse mathematical knowledge among indigenous Amazonians.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of partial correlations between caregiver cognitive stimulation in early childhood and child development.Psychological bulletinPooled it
- Do home mathematical activities relate to early mathematical skills? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Child developmentPooled it
- The benefits of math activities depend on the skills children bring to the table.Developmental psychology · 2024Trial
- Relations Between Parents' Math Anxiety and Children's Math Learning: The Role of Homework Help.Developmental science · 2026Article
- Turkish adaptation of the Children's Numeracy Interest Scale and its relationship with parental math involvement.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Digital Compensation? Investigating the Moderating Role of the Home Learning Environment in the Effectiveness of Learning Apps.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Non-Symbolic Magnitude Processing Is a Strong Correlate of Symbolic Math Skills in Children From Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.Developmental science · 2026Article
- Home numeracy experiences are associated with number-related brain activity and connectivity in early childhood.NPJ science of learning · 2026Article
- Home Learning Environment and Screen Time Differentially Mediate the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Preschoolers' Learning and Behavioural Profiles.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- The role of home-based math activities in developing mathematical reasoning skills in preschool children: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Why is teaching math to my child difficult? Experiences from mothers of children with autism spectrum.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Complexity of parental number talk predicts preschoolers' gains in cardinal knowledge.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Unraveling the Link Between n-Back Working Memory and Algebraic Ability in Adolescents: Correlations and Training Effects.PsyCh journal · 2025Article
- Unlocking early academic skills: children's cognitive processes, learning skills, and parental beliefs and behaviors predicting children's language and math skills.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Examining communalism in the home math environment to understand its role in predicting children's mathematics development.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Early home literacy and math environment: cross-domain associations between parental literacy and math beliefs.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Linking parents' play strategies with their preschoolers' STEM skills: The mediating roles of child STEM talk and self-regulated learning.Journal of experimental child psychology · 2025Article
- Parents' attitudes toward mathematics and Home Numeracy Experiences Questionnaire: evidence for factor structure, reliability, construct validity and measurement invariance in a sample of preschoolers with mild intellectual disabilities.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Article
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Abstract
Mathematical thinking is in high demand in the global market, but approximately 6 percent of school-age children across the globe experience math difficulties (Shalev et al., 2000). The home math environment (HME), which includes all math-related activities, attitudes, beliefs, expectations, and utterances in the home, may be associated with children's math development. To examine the relation between the HME and children's math abilities, a preregistered meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the average weighted correlation coefficient (r) between the HME and children's math achievement and how potential moderators (i.e., assessment, study, and sample features) might contribute to study heterogeneity. A multilevel correlated effects model using 631 effect sizes from 64 quantitative studies comprising 68 independent samples found a positive, statistically significant average weighted correlation of r = .13 (SE = .02, p < .001). Our combined sensitivity analyses showed that the present findings were robust and that the sample of studies has evidential value. A number of assessment, study, and sample characteristics contributed to study heterogeneity, showing that no single feature of HME research was driving the large between-study differences found for the association between the HME and children's math achievement. These findings indicate that children's environments and interactions related to their learning are supported in the specific context of math learning. Our results also show that the HME represents a setting in which children learn about math through social interactions with their caregivers (Vygotsky, 1978) and what they learn depends on the influence of many levels of environmental input (Bronfenbrenner, 1979) and the specificity of input children receive (Bornstein, 2002). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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