Cancelled. Let's Play to Learn: Does Parent-Child Time Matter for Children's Math Orientation?

• In Event: 58.082 - Roundtable Session 25
  In Roundtable Session: 58.082-3 - Promoting Academic Achievement by Navigating Psychosocial Factors

Abstract

Initiatives to address low student proficiency in STEM disciplines often rely on increases in funding and training in STEM fields for K-12 teachers. This study examines whether the ways parents allocate time with children has implications for adolescents’ orientation toward mathematics, a strong predictor of later engagement in STEM. Using data from the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study for Income Dynamics, we assess the association between common activities parents engage in with children—homework, reading, chores, leisure, and sports—and youths’ Math orientation (affective feelings toward math and math achievement). Findings show parent-child leisure time is the only activity we examined that appears to contribute positively to youths’ math orientation. Additionally, the benefits of parent-child activities depend on race.

Authors

• Kamilah Legette, Duke University

• Emily Persons, Duke University

• Angel Harris, Princeton University