Parents' Beliefs about Children's Math Development and Children's Participation in Math Activities
Table 2
Beliefs of parents by age group of children.
B
Statistical test
Importance of children doing math at home1
0.09
F(1, 70) = 0.23
.632
Beliefs about how children learn math2
Engagement
1.13
Wald
.818
Skills
2.13
Wald
.218
Daily living
0.76
Wald
.572
Parents’ role in their children’s math learning
Role models1
−0.08
F(1, 70) = 0.10
.750
Provide artifacts2
1.26
Wald
.649
Active involvement1
0.27
F(1, 70) = 2.44
.122
Parents’ own math skills1
How good parents are at math
0.11
F(1, 70) = 0.23
.634
How much parents enjoy math
0.09
F(1, 70) = 0.10
.756
Note. Parents’ highest level of education was used as a covariate in all analyses. There were 40 parents of younger and 33 parents of older children included in analyses.
1ANCOVA parameter estimates reported for comparisons between groups.
2Logistic regression odds ratios reported for group predicting endorsement of each belief.